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A patient with COPD complains of difficulty breathing when he is ambulating. His SpO2 is 88%
at rest. Which of the following would you recommend?
A. Oxygen therapy
B. PEEP therapy
C. Antibiotic therapy
D. Aerosolized bronchodilator therapy ✔✔A
An alert 18 year old patient is admitted with difficulty breathing. The patient receives a diagnosis
of asthma, and you are asked to instruct the patient in the use of an MDI. An MDI is a device
used for
A) Oxygen therapy
B) PEEP therapy
C) antibiotic therapy
D) aerosolized bronchodilator therapy ✔✔D
, A patient with pneumonia is receiving oxygen via nasal cannula at 2 L/min. The SpO2 is 89%,
heart rate is 110 beats/min, and respiratory rate is 24 breaths/min. Which of the following would
you recommend?
A) increase the liter per minute flow to the cannula
B) Intubate and begin mechanical ventilation
C) initiated aerosolized bronchodilator therapy
D) initiate postural drainage ✔✔A
A respiratory therapist has completed SOAP charting in the progress notes following a
bronchodilator treatment. While signing the chart form, she notices that the wrong amount for
the medication has been entered. Which of the following should be done at this time?
1. Draw a line through the error
2. Notify the physician of the error
3. Write "Error" and initial
4. Recopy the progress notes
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A patient with COPD complains of difficulty breathing when he is ambulating. His SpO2 is 88%
at rest. Which of the following would you recommend?
A. Oxygen therapy
B. PEEP therapy
C. Antibiotic therapy
D. Aerosolized bronchodilator therapy ✔✔A
An alert 18 year old patient is admitted with difficulty breathing. The patient receives a diagnosis
of asthma, and you are asked to instruct the patient in the use of an MDI. An MDI is a device
used for
A) Oxygen therapy
B) PEEP therapy
C) antibiotic therapy
D) aerosolized bronchodilator therapy ✔✔D
, A patient with pneumonia is receiving oxygen via nasal cannula at 2 L/min. The SpO2 is 89%,
heart rate is 110 beats/min, and respiratory rate is 24 breaths/min. Which of the following would
you recommend?
A) increase the liter per minute flow to the cannula
B) Intubate and begin mechanical ventilation
C) initiated aerosolized bronchodilator therapy
D) initiate postural drainage ✔✔A
A respiratory therapist has completed SOAP charting in the progress notes following a
bronchodilator treatment. While signing the chart form, she notices that the wrong amount for
the medication has been entered. Which of the following should be done at this time?
1. Draw a line through the error
2. Notify the physician of the error
3. Write "Error" and initial
4. Recopy the progress notes
