RF AND ARDS PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED
VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS BRAND NEW
EXAM ALREADY GRADED A+
You're providing care to a patient who is being treated for aspiration
pneumonia. The patient is on a 100% non-rebreather mask. Which
finding below is a HALLMARK sign and symptom that the patient is
developing acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)?
A. The patient is experiencing bradypnea.
B. The patient is tired and confused.
C. The patient's PaO2 remains at 45 mmHg.
D. The patient's blood pressure is 180/96. Correct Answers C. The
patient's PaO2 remains at 45 mmHg.
You're teaching a class on critical care concepts to a group of new
nurses. You're discussing the topic of acute respiratory distress
syndrome (ARDS). At the beginning of the lecture, you assess the new
nurses understanding about this condition. Which statement by a new
nurse demonstrates he understands the condition?
A. "This condition develops because the exocrine glands start to work
incorrectly leading to thick, copious mucous to collect in the alveoli
sacs."
B. "ARDS is a pulmonary disease that gradually causes chronic
obstruction of airflow from the lungs."
C. "Acute respiratory distress syndrome occurs due to the collapsing of
a lung because air has accumulated in the pleural space."
D. "This condition develops because alveolar capillary membrane
permeability has changed leading to fluid collecting in the alveoli sacs."
Correct Answers D. "This condition develops because alveolar capillary
, membrane permeability has changed leading to fluid collecting in the
alveoli sacs."
During the exudative phase of acute respiratory distress syndrome
(ARDS), the patient's lung cells that produce surfactant have become
damaged. As the nurse you know this will lead to?
A. bronchoconstriction
B. atelectasis
C. upper airway blockage
D. pulmonary edema Correct Answers B. atelectasis
A patient has been hospitalized in the ICU for a near drowning event.
The patient's respiratory function has been deteriorating over the last 24
hours. The physician suspects acute respiratory distress syndrome. A
STAT chest x-ray is ordered. What finding on the chest x-ray is
indicative of ARDS?
A. infiltrates only on the upper lobes
B. enlargement of the heart with bilateral lower lobe infiltrates
C. white-out infiltrates bilaterally
D. normal chest x-ray Correct Answers C. white-out infiltrates
bilaterally
You're providing care to a patient who was just transferred to your unit
for the treatment of ARDS. The patient is in the exudative phase. The
patient is ordered arterial blood gases. The results are back. Which
VERIFIED AND 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS BRAND NEW
EXAM ALREADY GRADED A+
You're providing care to a patient who is being treated for aspiration
pneumonia. The patient is on a 100% non-rebreather mask. Which
finding below is a HALLMARK sign and symptom that the patient is
developing acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)?
A. The patient is experiencing bradypnea.
B. The patient is tired and confused.
C. The patient's PaO2 remains at 45 mmHg.
D. The patient's blood pressure is 180/96. Correct Answers C. The
patient's PaO2 remains at 45 mmHg.
You're teaching a class on critical care concepts to a group of new
nurses. You're discussing the topic of acute respiratory distress
syndrome (ARDS). At the beginning of the lecture, you assess the new
nurses understanding about this condition. Which statement by a new
nurse demonstrates he understands the condition?
A. "This condition develops because the exocrine glands start to work
incorrectly leading to thick, copious mucous to collect in the alveoli
sacs."
B. "ARDS is a pulmonary disease that gradually causes chronic
obstruction of airflow from the lungs."
C. "Acute respiratory distress syndrome occurs due to the collapsing of
a lung because air has accumulated in the pleural space."
D. "This condition develops because alveolar capillary membrane
permeability has changed leading to fluid collecting in the alveoli sacs."
Correct Answers D. "This condition develops because alveolar capillary
, membrane permeability has changed leading to fluid collecting in the
alveoli sacs."
During the exudative phase of acute respiratory distress syndrome
(ARDS), the patient's lung cells that produce surfactant have become
damaged. As the nurse you know this will lead to?
A. bronchoconstriction
B. atelectasis
C. upper airway blockage
D. pulmonary edema Correct Answers B. atelectasis
A patient has been hospitalized in the ICU for a near drowning event.
The patient's respiratory function has been deteriorating over the last 24
hours. The physician suspects acute respiratory distress syndrome. A
STAT chest x-ray is ordered. What finding on the chest x-ray is
indicative of ARDS?
A. infiltrates only on the upper lobes
B. enlargement of the heart with bilateral lower lobe infiltrates
C. white-out infiltrates bilaterally
D. normal chest x-ray Correct Answers C. white-out infiltrates
bilaterally
You're providing care to a patient who was just transferred to your unit
for the treatment of ARDS. The patient is in the exudative phase. The
patient is ordered arterial blood gases. The results are back. Which
