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When caring for a patient diagnosed with cor pulmonale, which finding will the
nurse expect?
Ankle edema
Which action will the nurse take to prevent complications when a patient is
using an oxygen-conserving cannula?
Pad the tubing over the patient's ears.
Which factor causes the clinical manifestations of chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD)?
Inability to effectively expire air
Which statements about health disparities that contribute to chronic obstructive
pulmonary diseases are accurate? Select all that apply.
"Asthma prevalence and age-adjusted death rates are the highest among
Puerto Ricans."
"Hispanics have lower death rates from chronic obstructive pulmonary
diseases than other ethnic groups."
"Despite higher rates of smoking in other groups, whites have the highest
incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases."
Which physiologic effect of ongoing tobacco smoking leads to chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?
Respiratory tract cell hyperplasia
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When caring for a patient diagnosed with cor pulmonale, which finding will the
nurse expect?
Ankle edema
Which action will the nurse take to prevent complications when a patient is
using an oxygen-conserving cannula?
Pad the tubing over the patient's ears.
Which factor causes the clinical manifestations of chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD)?
Inability to effectively expire air
Which statements about health disparities that contribute to chronic obstructive
pulmonary diseases are accurate? Select all that apply.
"Asthma prevalence and age-adjusted death rates are the highest among
Puerto Ricans."
"Hispanics have lower death rates from chronic obstructive pulmonary
diseases than other ethnic groups."
"Despite higher rates of smoking in other groups, whites have the highest
incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases."
Which physiologic effect of ongoing tobacco smoking leads to chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?
Respiratory tract cell hyperplasia
