HONDROS NUR 160 EXAM 2 2025!!!
What is ventilation?
movement of air in and out of the lungs
What is transport?
O2 and CO2 in blood
What is perfusion?
blood flow.
What are the signs and symptoms for COPD?
1. Barrel chest
2. Shortness of breath
3. Lungs Crackles
4. Clubbed fingers
What is Emphysema (COPD) Destruction and enlargement of air spaces Symptoms?
1. Shortness of Breath
2.Wheezing
3.Chronic Cough
What are the treatments for Emphysema (COPD)?
1. Self care
2. Bronchodilator
3.Albuterol inhaler
4. Prednisone- steroid
What are the signs and symptoms for Pneumonia (COPD)?
1.Cough with phlegm or sputum (Rusty colored)
2. Fever
3. Chills
4. Difficulty breathing
What is the Treatment for Pneumonia (COPD)?
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1. Antibiotics
2. Vaccines
How long does a Nebulizer treatment last?
8-10 min
What should we do after a patient before and after administering Albuterol/ Nebulizer
breathing treatments? And why.
1. Auscultate the lungs (Listen) to ensure the treatment worked.
2. Oral care
Nasal cannula flow rate (24 to 44%)?
1-6 Per Minute L/min
Reservoir Nasal Cannula Flow Rate (24 to 60%)?
1-15 per minute L/ min
Venturi Mask flow rate (24 to 60%)?
4-12 Per minute L/min
normal range for potassium?
3.5-5.0 mEq/L
Normal range for sodium?
135-145 mEq/L
Normal range for Magnesium?
1.5-2.5 mEq/L
normal range for calcium?
8.5-10.5 mg/dL
Chvostek causes what?
Facial muscle twitching
Trousseau sign causes what?
Spasm at the wrist
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Which patient is at risk for Hyperkalemia?
A patient with Addison's disease
Tall, peaked T waves, flat p waves, prolonged PR intervals and widened QRS complexes
can present in which of the following conditions?
Hyperkalemia
A patient with NG TUBE suctioning is experiencing diarrhea. The patient is ordered a
morning dose of Lasix 20mg IV. patients' potassium level is 3.0 what is your next nursing
intervention?
Hold the dose of Lasix and notify the doctor for further orders.
A patients potassium level is 3.0 which foods would you encourage the patient to
consume?
1. Avocados
2. Strawberries
3.Potatoes
What is one output we do not measure?
Insensible water loss (breathing)
Too much fluid in and not enough fluid out often caused by HIV and kidney problems?
Hypovolemia
How do we properly weigh a patient?
1. weigh the same time of day
2. same clothing
3. same scale
A patient who has cool skin, loss of skin turgor and flattened neck veins is considered
what?
Hypovolemia
Being hypervolemia (Dehydration) can be treated with what?
1. fluids
2. IV
What is the breathing for help COPD patient?
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