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Chapter 29. Respiratory System Function, As
ment, and Therapeutic Measures
Chapter 29. Respiratory System Function, Assessment, and Therapeutic Measures
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. The nurse is reviewing the arterial blood gas results for a patient with a respiratory disor
should the nurse recognize as being the most important chemical regulator of respiration?
a. The blood level of oxygen
b. The blood level of nitrogen
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2. The nurse is reviewing the results of a patient’s pulmonary function tests. Which result d
remaining in lungs after normal expiration?
a. Tidal volume
b. Expiratory reserve
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c. Forced vital capacity
d. Functional residual capacity
3. The nurse is reviewing the exchange of gases in the blood stream with a patient prescrib
apy. How should the nurse explain the transport of carbon dioxide in the blood?
a. As CO2 in plasma
b. As bicarbonate ions in plasma
c. As hydrogen ions in red blood cells
d. As part of hemoglobin in red blood cells
4. A patient is having problems with oxygenation of body tissues. What is important for the
sider about the transport of oxygen in the blood?
a. It is in blood plasma as free oxygen.
b. It travels on red blood cell membranes.
c. It is bonded to hemoglobin in blood plasma.
d. It is bonded to hemoglobin in red blood cells.
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a. Ciliated epithelium