Assessment of Respiratory Function Test Questions
,Assessment of Respiratory Function Test Questions
1.
A patient is having her tonsils removed. The patient asks the nurse what function the tonsils normally
serve. Which of the following would be the most accurate response?
A)
The tonsils separate your windpipe from your throat when you swallow.
B)
The tonsils help to guard the body from invasion of organisms.
C)
The tonsils make enzymes that you swallow and which aid with digestion.
D)
The tonsils help with regulating the airflow down into your lungs.
Ans:
B
Feedback:
The tonsils, the adenoids, and other lymphoid tissue encircle the throat. These structures are important
links in the chain of lymph nodes guarding the body from invasion of organisms entering the nose and
throat. The tonsils do not aid digestion, separate the trachea from the esophagus, or regulate airflow to
the bronchi.
2.
The nurse is caring for a patient who has just returned to the unit after a colon resection. The patient is
showing signs of hypoxia. The nurse knows that this is probably caused by what?
A)
Nitrogen narcosis
B)
Infection
C)
Impaired diffusion
, Assessment of Respiratory Function Test Questions
D)
Shunting
Ans:
D
Feedback:
Shunting appears to be the main cause of hypoxia after thoracic or abdominal surgery and most types of
respiratory failure. Impairment of normal diffusion is a less common cause. Infection would not likely be
present at this early stage of recovery and nitrogen narcosis only occurs from breathing compressed air.
3.
The nurse is assessing a patient who frequently coughs after eating or drinking. How should the nurse
best follow up this assessment finding?
A)
Obtain a sputum sample.
B)
Perform a swallowing assessment.
C)
Inspect the patients tongue and mouth.
D)
Assess the patients nutritional status.
Ans:
B
Feedback:
Coughing after food intake may indicate aspiration of material into the tracheobronchial tree; a
swallowing assessment is thus indicated. Obtaining a sputum sample is relevant in cases of suspected
infection. The status of the patients tongue, mouth, and nutrition is not directly relevant to the problem
of aspiration.
4.
,Assessment of Respiratory Function Test Questions
1.
A patient is having her tonsils removed. The patient asks the nurse what function the tonsils normally
serve. Which of the following would be the most accurate response?
A)
The tonsils separate your windpipe from your throat when you swallow.
B)
The tonsils help to guard the body from invasion of organisms.
C)
The tonsils make enzymes that you swallow and which aid with digestion.
D)
The tonsils help with regulating the airflow down into your lungs.
Ans:
B
Feedback:
The tonsils, the adenoids, and other lymphoid tissue encircle the throat. These structures are important
links in the chain of lymph nodes guarding the body from invasion of organisms entering the nose and
throat. The tonsils do not aid digestion, separate the trachea from the esophagus, or regulate airflow to
the bronchi.
2.
The nurse is caring for a patient who has just returned to the unit after a colon resection. The patient is
showing signs of hypoxia. The nurse knows that this is probably caused by what?
A)
Nitrogen narcosis
B)
Infection
C)
Impaired diffusion
, Assessment of Respiratory Function Test Questions
D)
Shunting
Ans:
D
Feedback:
Shunting appears to be the main cause of hypoxia after thoracic or abdominal surgery and most types of
respiratory failure. Impairment of normal diffusion is a less common cause. Infection would not likely be
present at this early stage of recovery and nitrogen narcosis only occurs from breathing compressed air.
3.
The nurse is assessing a patient who frequently coughs after eating or drinking. How should the nurse
best follow up this assessment finding?
A)
Obtain a sputum sample.
B)
Perform a swallowing assessment.
C)
Inspect the patients tongue and mouth.
D)
Assess the patients nutritional status.
Ans:
B
Feedback:
Coughing after food intake may indicate aspiration of material into the tracheobronchial tree; a
swallowing assessment is thus indicated. Obtaining a sputum sample is relevant in cases of suspected
infection. The status of the patients tongue, mouth, and nutrition is not directly relevant to the problem
of aspiration.
4.
