NSG 4100 (AH III) Exam 3 2026
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The nurse caring for a pt w/ and endotracheal tube recognizes several
disadvantages of an endotracheal tube. What would the nurse recognize
as a disadvantage?
a. cognition is decreased
b. Daily ABGs are necessary
c. slight tracheal bleeding is anticipated
,d. the cough reflex is depressed - ANSWER ✔✔D
What would the critical care nurse recognize as a condition that may
indicate a pt's need to have a tracheotomy?
a. a pt has a respiratory rate of 10 breaths/min
b. a pt required permanent ventilation
c. a pt exhibits sx of dyspnea
d. a pt has respiratory acidosis - ANSWER ✔✔B
The nurse is caring for a pt who is scheduled to have a thoracotomy.
When planning preoperative teaching, what info should the nurse
communicate to the pt?
a. how to milk the chest tubing
b. how to splint the incision when coughing
c. how to take prophylactic antibiotics correctly
d. how to manage the need for fluid restriction - ANSWER ✔✔B
A nurse is educating a pt in anticipation of a procedure that will require a
water-sealed chest drainage system. What should the nurse tell the pt
and the family that this drainage system is used for?
a. maintaining a positive chest-wall pressure
,b. monitoring pleural fluid osmolarity
c. providing passive intrathoracic pressure
d. removing excess air and fluid - ANSWER ✔✔D
A pt is exhibiting signs of a pneumothorax following tracheostomy. The
surgeon inserts a chest tube into the anterior chest wall. What should
the nurse tell the family is the primary purpose of this chest tube?
a. to remove air from the pleural space
b. to drain copious sputum secretions
c. to monitor bleeding around the lungs
d. to assist with mechanical ventilation - ANSWER ✔✔A
A pt's plan of care specifies postural drainage. What action should the
nurse perform when providing this noninvasive therapy?
a. administer the tx w/ the pt in a high Fowler's or semi-fowlers position
b. perform the procedure immediately following the pt's meals
c. apply percussion firmly to bare skin to facilitate drainage
d. assist the pt into a position that will allow gravity to move secretions -
ANSWER ✔✔D
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, While assessing the pt, the nurse observes constant bubbling in the
water-seal chamber of the pt's closed chest-drinagae system. What
should the Nurs conclude?
a. the system is functioning normally
b. pt has a pneumothorax
c. system has a leak
d. chest tube is obstructed - ANSWER ✔✔C
The nurse has admitted a pt who is scheduled for a thoracic resection.
The nurse is providing preoperative teaching and is discussing several
diagnostic studies that will be required prior to surgery. Which study will
be performed to determine whether the panned resection will leave
sufficient functioning lung tissue?
a. pulmonary function studies
b. exercise tolerance tests
c. arterial blood gas values
d. chest x-ray - ANSWER ✔✔A
The nurse is discussing activity management w/ a pt who is
postoperative following thoracotomy. What instructions should the nurse
give to the pt regarding activity immediately following discharge?
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The nurse caring for a pt w/ and endotracheal tube recognizes several
disadvantages of an endotracheal tube. What would the nurse recognize
as a disadvantage?
a. cognition is decreased
b. Daily ABGs are necessary
c. slight tracheal bleeding is anticipated
,d. the cough reflex is depressed - ANSWER ✔✔D
What would the critical care nurse recognize as a condition that may
indicate a pt's need to have a tracheotomy?
a. a pt has a respiratory rate of 10 breaths/min
b. a pt required permanent ventilation
c. a pt exhibits sx of dyspnea
d. a pt has respiratory acidosis - ANSWER ✔✔B
The nurse is caring for a pt who is scheduled to have a thoracotomy.
When planning preoperative teaching, what info should the nurse
communicate to the pt?
a. how to milk the chest tubing
b. how to splint the incision when coughing
c. how to take prophylactic antibiotics correctly
d. how to manage the need for fluid restriction - ANSWER ✔✔B
A nurse is educating a pt in anticipation of a procedure that will require a
water-sealed chest drainage system. What should the nurse tell the pt
and the family that this drainage system is used for?
a. maintaining a positive chest-wall pressure
,b. monitoring pleural fluid osmolarity
c. providing passive intrathoracic pressure
d. removing excess air and fluid - ANSWER ✔✔D
A pt is exhibiting signs of a pneumothorax following tracheostomy. The
surgeon inserts a chest tube into the anterior chest wall. What should
the nurse tell the family is the primary purpose of this chest tube?
a. to remove air from the pleural space
b. to drain copious sputum secretions
c. to monitor bleeding around the lungs
d. to assist with mechanical ventilation - ANSWER ✔✔A
A pt's plan of care specifies postural drainage. What action should the
nurse perform when providing this noninvasive therapy?
a. administer the tx w/ the pt in a high Fowler's or semi-fowlers position
b. perform the procedure immediately following the pt's meals
c. apply percussion firmly to bare skin to facilitate drainage
d. assist the pt into a position that will allow gravity to move secretions -
ANSWER ✔✔D
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, While assessing the pt, the nurse observes constant bubbling in the
water-seal chamber of the pt's closed chest-drinagae system. What
should the Nurs conclude?
a. the system is functioning normally
b. pt has a pneumothorax
c. system has a leak
d. chest tube is obstructed - ANSWER ✔✔C
The nurse has admitted a pt who is scheduled for a thoracic resection.
The nurse is providing preoperative teaching and is discussing several
diagnostic studies that will be required prior to surgery. Which study will
be performed to determine whether the panned resection will leave
sufficient functioning lung tissue?
a. pulmonary function studies
b. exercise tolerance tests
c. arterial blood gas values
d. chest x-ray - ANSWER ✔✔A
The nurse is discussing activity management w/ a pt who is
postoperative following thoracotomy. What instructions should the nurse
give to the pt regarding activity immediately following discharge?
