NUR306 COMPLETE RESPIRATORY
BASED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A client has sustained a brainstem injury. Which of the following would the nurse need to keep in mind
about this client's respiratory effort? - ANS-✅There is loss of involuntary respiratory control
Which abnormal respiratory finding should the nurse expect to observe upon assessment of a client with
a pleural effusion? - ANS-✅Dyspnea on exertion and dry, nonproductive cough
A client presents to the health care clinic and reports a recent onset of a persistent cough. The client
denies any shortness of breath, change in activity level, or other findings of an acute upper respiratory
tract illness. What question by the nurse is most appropriate to further assess the cause for the cough? -
ANS-✅"Are you taking any medications on a regular basis?"
When percussing the posterior lung fields, which of the following findings is expected? - ANS-
✅Resonance over all lung fields
The nurse is caring for a client who is 48 hours postop from the repair of a fractured hip. She has a
sudden onset of dyspnea without pain. What disease process would the nurse suspect? - ANS-
✅Pulmonary embolism
What would the nurse expect to hear when auscultating the lungs of a client who is dehydrated? - ANS-
✅Friction rub
A patient appears in the clinic with a cough that began 24 hours prior to coming to this visit. The nurse
evaluates the patient based on the most common cause of an acute cough, which is - ANS-✅Viral
respiratory infection
A nurse auscultates a client's lungs and hears fine crackles. What is an appropriate action by the nurse? -
ANS-✅ask patient to cough forcefully
When crackles, wheezes, or rhonchi clear with a cough, which of the following is a likely etiology - ANS-
✅Bronchitis `
While auscultating a client's lungs, the nurse notes the presence of adventitious sounds. What action
would the nurse do first? - ANS-✅have the client cough then listen again
While auscultating a client's trachea, the nurse hears a high, harsh sound with short inspiration and long
expiration. How would the nurse document this finding - ANS-✅Bronchial breath sounds
What would the nurse expect to hear when auscultating the lungs of a client with pleuritis? - ANS-
✅Friction Rub
The nurse auscultates the base of the lungs to assess for what reason? - ANS-✅it is where fluid occurs
with pulmonary edema
During a health history, a male client tells the nurse that he "can't breathe well" at night when he is lying
down and has trouble sleeping because he wakes up with trouble breathing. The nurse would assess this
client further for which of the following? - ANS-✅Heart Failure
A 17-year-old high school senior presents to the clinic in acute respiratory distress. Between shallow
breaths he states he was at home finishing his homework when he suddenly began having right-sided
chest pain and severe shortness of breath. He denies any recent traumas or illnesses. His past medical
history is unremarkable. He doesn't smoke, but drinks several beers on the weekend. He has tried
marijuana several times but denies any other illegal drugs. He is an honour student and on the basketball
team. His parents are both in good health. He denies any recent weight gain, weight loss, fever, or night
sweats. Examination shows a tall, thin young man in obvious distress. He is diaphoretic and breathing at
a rate of 35 breaths per minute. Auscultation reveals no breath sounds on the right side of his superior
chest wall. On percussion he is hyperresonant over the right upper lobe. With palpation he has absent
fremi - ANS-✅Spontaneous pneumothorax
BASED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A client has sustained a brainstem injury. Which of the following would the nurse need to keep in mind
about this client's respiratory effort? - ANS-✅There is loss of involuntary respiratory control
Which abnormal respiratory finding should the nurse expect to observe upon assessment of a client with
a pleural effusion? - ANS-✅Dyspnea on exertion and dry, nonproductive cough
A client presents to the health care clinic and reports a recent onset of a persistent cough. The client
denies any shortness of breath, change in activity level, or other findings of an acute upper respiratory
tract illness. What question by the nurse is most appropriate to further assess the cause for the cough? -
ANS-✅"Are you taking any medications on a regular basis?"
When percussing the posterior lung fields, which of the following findings is expected? - ANS-
✅Resonance over all lung fields
The nurse is caring for a client who is 48 hours postop from the repair of a fractured hip. She has a
sudden onset of dyspnea without pain. What disease process would the nurse suspect? - ANS-
✅Pulmonary embolism
What would the nurse expect to hear when auscultating the lungs of a client who is dehydrated? - ANS-
✅Friction rub
A patient appears in the clinic with a cough that began 24 hours prior to coming to this visit. The nurse
evaluates the patient based on the most common cause of an acute cough, which is - ANS-✅Viral
respiratory infection
A nurse auscultates a client's lungs and hears fine crackles. What is an appropriate action by the nurse? -
ANS-✅ask patient to cough forcefully
When crackles, wheezes, or rhonchi clear with a cough, which of the following is a likely etiology - ANS-
✅Bronchitis `
While auscultating a client's lungs, the nurse notes the presence of adventitious sounds. What action
would the nurse do first? - ANS-✅have the client cough then listen again
While auscultating a client's trachea, the nurse hears a high, harsh sound with short inspiration and long
expiration. How would the nurse document this finding - ANS-✅Bronchial breath sounds
What would the nurse expect to hear when auscultating the lungs of a client with pleuritis? - ANS-
✅Friction Rub
The nurse auscultates the base of the lungs to assess for what reason? - ANS-✅it is where fluid occurs
with pulmonary edema
During a health history, a male client tells the nurse that he "can't breathe well" at night when he is lying
down and has trouble sleeping because he wakes up with trouble breathing. The nurse would assess this
client further for which of the following? - ANS-✅Heart Failure
A 17-year-old high school senior presents to the clinic in acute respiratory distress. Between shallow
breaths he states he was at home finishing his homework when he suddenly began having right-sided
chest pain and severe shortness of breath. He denies any recent traumas or illnesses. His past medical
history is unremarkable. He doesn't smoke, but drinks several beers on the weekend. He has tried
marijuana several times but denies any other illegal drugs. He is an honour student and on the basketball
team. His parents are both in good health. He denies any recent weight gain, weight loss, fever, or night
sweats. Examination shows a tall, thin young man in obvious distress. He is diaphoretic and breathing at
a rate of 35 breaths per minute. Auscultation reveals no breath sounds on the right side of his superior
chest wall. On percussion he is hyperresonant over the right upper lobe. With palpation he has absent
fremi - ANS-✅Spontaneous pneumothorax
