8/21/25, 8:50
AM
N300 EXAM 2: LOWER RESPIRATORY
INFECTIONS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED UPDATE
2025/2026
Terms in this set (12)
***1. The elderly client diagnosed with
pneumo- nia may present with weakness,
fatigue, lethargy, confusion, and poor appetite
The nurse is assessing a but not have any of the classic signs and
79-year-old client symp- toms of pneumonia.
diagnosed with 2. Fever and chills are classic symptoms of
pneumonia. Which pneu- monia, but they are usually absent in
signs the elderly client.
and symptoms would 3. Frothy sputum and edema are signs and
the nurse expect to find symp- toms of heart failure, not
when assessing the pneumonia.
client? 4. The client has tachypnea (fast respirations),
not bradypnea (slow respirations), and jugular
1. Confusion and vein distention accompanies heart failure.
lethargy.
2. High fever and chills. TEST-TAKING HINT: The question gives an age range
—"elderly"—so age can be
3. Frothy sputum and
edema. expected to affect the disease process—in this
case, causing atypical symptoms. The prefix
4. Bradypnea and jugular
"brady" means "slow" when attached to a word.
vein distention.
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Knowing the definition of
medical prefixes can assist the test taker in determining
the correct answer.
The nurse is planning 1. Clients do not perform chest
the care of a client physiotherapy; this is normally done by
diagnosed with the respiratory therapist. This is a staff
pneumonia and writes goal, not a client goal.
a problem of 2. This would be a goal for self-care deficit but not for
"impaired gas impaired gas exchange.
exchange." 3. This would be a goal for the problem of activity
Which would be an intolerance.
expected outcome for ***4. Impaired gas exchange results in hypoxia,
this problem? the earliest sign and symptom of which is a
change in the level of consciousness.
1. Performs chest
physiotherapy three (3) TEST-TAKING HINT: The test taker should match the
times a day. answer option to the listed
2. Able to complete
nursing problem. Option "1" is a staff goal to
activities of daily living.
accomplish. When writing goals for the client, it
3. Ambulates in the hall is important to remember they are written in
and back several terms of what is expected of the client. Options
times during each "2" and "3" are appropriately written client
shift. goals, but they do not evaluate gas
4. Alert and oriented to exchange.
person, place, time, and
events.
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12
AM
N300 EXAM 2: LOWER RESPIRATORY
INFECTIONS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED UPDATE
2025/2026
Terms in this set (12)
***1. The elderly client diagnosed with
pneumo- nia may present with weakness,
fatigue, lethargy, confusion, and poor appetite
The nurse is assessing a but not have any of the classic signs and
79-year-old client symp- toms of pneumonia.
diagnosed with 2. Fever and chills are classic symptoms of
pneumonia. Which pneu- monia, but they are usually absent in
signs the elderly client.
and symptoms would 3. Frothy sputum and edema are signs and
the nurse expect to find symp- toms of heart failure, not
when assessing the pneumonia.
client? 4. The client has tachypnea (fast respirations),
not bradypnea (slow respirations), and jugular
1. Confusion and vein distention accompanies heart failure.
lethargy.
2. High fever and chills. TEST-TAKING HINT: The question gives an age range
—"elderly"—so age can be
3. Frothy sputum and
edema. expected to affect the disease process—in this
case, causing atypical symptoms. The prefix
4. Bradypnea and jugular
"brady" means "slow" when attached to a word.
vein distention.
1/
12
, 8/21/25, 8:50
AM
Knowing the definition of
medical prefixes can assist the test taker in determining
the correct answer.
The nurse is planning 1. Clients do not perform chest
the care of a client physiotherapy; this is normally done by
diagnosed with the respiratory therapist. This is a staff
pneumonia and writes goal, not a client goal.
a problem of 2. This would be a goal for self-care deficit but not for
"impaired gas impaired gas exchange.
exchange." 3. This would be a goal for the problem of activity
Which would be an intolerance.
expected outcome for ***4. Impaired gas exchange results in hypoxia,
this problem? the earliest sign and symptom of which is a
change in the level of consciousness.
1. Performs chest
physiotherapy three (3) TEST-TAKING HINT: The test taker should match the
times a day. answer option to the listed
2. Able to complete
nursing problem. Option "1" is a staff goal to
activities of daily living.
accomplish. When writing goals for the client, it
3. Ambulates in the hall is important to remember they are written in
and back several terms of what is expected of the client. Options
times during each "2" and "3" are appropriately written client
shift. goals, but they do not evaluate gas
4. Alert and oriented to exchange.
person, place, time, and
events.
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