Nursing NUR418 Final Exam – Comprehensive Practice Questions and Answers
Study Guide
A nurse is teaching a patient about the functions of the larynx. What should the nurse include in
the teaching? Select all that apply.
a. Producing sound
b. Facilitating coughing
c. Preventing infection
d. Acting as a passageway for the respiratory tract
e. Protecting the lower airway from foreign objects - ✔✔A,B,E
Which ventilation-perfusion ratio is exhibited by acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)?
a. Silent unit
b. Dead space
c. Low verntilation-perfusion ratio
d. Normal ratio of perfusion to ventilation - ✔✔A
The nurse is caring for a patient with hypoxemia of unknown cause. Which of the following
oxygen transport considerations does the nurse identify as crucial to circulate oxygen in the
body system? Select all that apply.
a. Oxygen is dissolved
b. High blood pressure disrupts oxygen transport
c. Oxyhemoglobin circulates to the body tissue
d. All systemic oxygen is available for diffusion
e. Adequate red blood cells are needed for oxygen transport - ✔✔A,C,E
, The nurse is caring for a patient who has just returned to the unit after a colon resection. The
client is showing signs of hypoxia. The nurse knows that this is probably caused by what?
a. Nitrogen narcosis
b. Infection
c. Impaired diffusion
d. Shunting - ✔✔D
The nurse should monitor a patient receiving mechanical ventilation for which of the following
complications?
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage
Immunosuppression
Increased cardiac output
Pulmonary emboli - ✔✔A
A nurse educator is reviewing the indications for chest drainage systems with a group of medical
nurses. What indications should the nurses identify? Select all that apply.
a. Post thoracotomy
b. Spontaneous pneumothorax
c. Need for postural drainage
d. Chest trauma resulting in pneumothorax
e. Pleurisy - ✔✔A,B,D
Which oxygen administration device has the advantage of providing a high oxygen
concentration?
Nonrebreathing mask
Venturi mask
Catheter
Study Guide
A nurse is teaching a patient about the functions of the larynx. What should the nurse include in
the teaching? Select all that apply.
a. Producing sound
b. Facilitating coughing
c. Preventing infection
d. Acting as a passageway for the respiratory tract
e. Protecting the lower airway from foreign objects - ✔✔A,B,E
Which ventilation-perfusion ratio is exhibited by acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)?
a. Silent unit
b. Dead space
c. Low verntilation-perfusion ratio
d. Normal ratio of perfusion to ventilation - ✔✔A
The nurse is caring for a patient with hypoxemia of unknown cause. Which of the following
oxygen transport considerations does the nurse identify as crucial to circulate oxygen in the
body system? Select all that apply.
a. Oxygen is dissolved
b. High blood pressure disrupts oxygen transport
c. Oxyhemoglobin circulates to the body tissue
d. All systemic oxygen is available for diffusion
e. Adequate red blood cells are needed for oxygen transport - ✔✔A,C,E
, The nurse is caring for a patient who has just returned to the unit after a colon resection. The
client is showing signs of hypoxia. The nurse knows that this is probably caused by what?
a. Nitrogen narcosis
b. Infection
c. Impaired diffusion
d. Shunting - ✔✔D
The nurse should monitor a patient receiving mechanical ventilation for which of the following
complications?
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage
Immunosuppression
Increased cardiac output
Pulmonary emboli - ✔✔A
A nurse educator is reviewing the indications for chest drainage systems with a group of medical
nurses. What indications should the nurses identify? Select all that apply.
a. Post thoracotomy
b. Spontaneous pneumothorax
c. Need for postural drainage
d. Chest trauma resulting in pneumothorax
e. Pleurisy - ✔✔A,B,D
Which oxygen administration device has the advantage of providing a high oxygen
concentration?
Nonrebreathing mask
Venturi mask
Catheter
