HONDROS NUR 212 EXAM 2 FINAL EXAM
SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
REVIEW PACK 2026
◉ When is it normal to find bleeding in a chest tube?
Answer: Only with a hemothorax
◉ Is tidaling normal with a chest tube?
Answer: Yes, on respirations
◉ What does it mean when there is no longer tidaling with a chest
tube?
Answer: That the tube is ready to be taken out
◉ Is constant bubbling with a chest tube good or bad?
Answer: Bad
◉ Is crepidous supposed to be at the chest tube site?
Answer: No, but usually resolves back into the body
, ◉ What is crepidous?
Answer: Air bubbles in the subcutaneous tissue surrounding chest
tube site
◉ How should a chest tube be observed for any issues?
Answer: From the patient to the machine
◉ What is the first thing the nurse should do if she suspects any
issues with a patients chest tube?
Answer: Make sure the chest tube connections are secure
◉ What are the steps to a self breast exam?
Answer: Step 1: Lie down and place left arm behind head (lying
down spreads breast tissue evenly)
Step 2: Use finger pads of 3 middle fingers on your right hand to feel
for lumps in the left breast. Use overlapping dime-sized circular
motions to feel breast tissue. Light, medium, and firm pressure to
feel each layers. (A firm ridge on the curve of each breast is normal)
Step 3: Move around breast in a vertical pattern at an imaginary
straight line down your side from the underarm.
Respect for right breast.
Step 4: Stand in front of mirror and tighten pectoral muscles for any
redness, lumps, shapes, or scaliness near nipples.
Step 5: Examine each underarm for and knot, or thickening tissue
SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
REVIEW PACK 2026
◉ When is it normal to find bleeding in a chest tube?
Answer: Only with a hemothorax
◉ Is tidaling normal with a chest tube?
Answer: Yes, on respirations
◉ What does it mean when there is no longer tidaling with a chest
tube?
Answer: That the tube is ready to be taken out
◉ Is constant bubbling with a chest tube good or bad?
Answer: Bad
◉ Is crepidous supposed to be at the chest tube site?
Answer: No, but usually resolves back into the body
, ◉ What is crepidous?
Answer: Air bubbles in the subcutaneous tissue surrounding chest
tube site
◉ How should a chest tube be observed for any issues?
Answer: From the patient to the machine
◉ What is the first thing the nurse should do if she suspects any
issues with a patients chest tube?
Answer: Make sure the chest tube connections are secure
◉ What are the steps to a self breast exam?
Answer: Step 1: Lie down and place left arm behind head (lying
down spreads breast tissue evenly)
Step 2: Use finger pads of 3 middle fingers on your right hand to feel
for lumps in the left breast. Use overlapping dime-sized circular
motions to feel breast tissue. Light, medium, and firm pressure to
feel each layers. (A firm ridge on the curve of each breast is normal)
Step 3: Move around breast in a vertical pattern at an imaginary
straight line down your side from the underarm.
Respect for right breast.
Step 4: Stand in front of mirror and tighten pectoral muscles for any
redness, lumps, shapes, or scaliness near nipples.
Step 5: Examine each underarm for and knot, or thickening tissue
