Exam 2- Asthma

oxygen

Ensure there are no open flames or combustion hazards in rooms where ________________ is in use.

humidified

Ensure that oxygen therapy delivered to the patient is __________________.

mask

Teach patients who come into contact with inhalation irritants in their workplaces or leisure-time activities to use a _________ to avoid respiratory contact with these substances.

asthma

Teach patients with _____________ to develop a management plan based on their identified personal best on peak expiratory rate flow testing.

Flu shot

Encourage all patients older than 50 years and anyone with a respiratory problem to receive a yearly:

alopecia

Help patients use strategies to improve their appearance when _____________ occurs.

gas exchange

Assess the airway and effectiveness of ______ ________________ for any patient who experiences shortness of breath or any change in mental status.

ADLs

Assess the degree to which breathing problems interfere with the patient's ability to perform ________, work, and leisure-time activities

Hypoxemic

Apply oxygen to anyone who is ________________.

oxygen therapy

Monitor arterial blood gases and oxygen saturation of all patients receiving ____________ ______________.

skin

Teach patients receiving radiation therapy how to care for the ________ in the radiation path

lung cancer

Remind patients with ________ ____________ that targeted therapies can be used only for tumors that express the targets and cancer cell testing is needed to identify these.

inhalers

Instruct patients with asthma or COPD who are prescribed to use _______________ how to use and care for them properly.

reliever

Instruct patients with asthma to carry a _______________ inhaler with them at all times.

infection

Teach patients receiving chemotherapy for lung cancer the signs and symptoms of ___________________.

D. Place the end of the disconnected tube into a container of sterile water positioned below the chest.

The chest tube of a client who is 12 hours postoperative from a lobectomy separates from the drainage system. What is the nurse's best first action?
A. Immediately call the surgeon or rapid response team.
B. Notify respiratory therapy to set up a new drai

B. Start a peripheral IV line and administer the antibiotic.

A client with pulmonary artery hypertension on a continuous IV epoprostenol infusion is in the emergency department with symptoms of possible sepsis. The primary health care provider prescribes a broad-spectrum antibiotic to be administered IV immediately

A. Remind the wife that activity does not damage or "wear out" the lungs and that exercise will reduce the risk for other health complications.

A client with CF who is 2 months postoperative from a bilateral lung transplant wants to begin riding his bicycle again, as his pulmonary specialist has said he can do, but his wife is concerned that this will "wear out" his new lungs faster. How will the

A. Avoid eating gas-producing foods.
B. Cough to clear mucus right before eating.
D. Eat smaller meals more frequently.
G. Use your bronchodilator about 30 minutes before each meal.

Which interventions are important for the nurse to teach a client with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to help ensure adequate nutrition? Select all that apply.
A. Avoid eating gas-producing foods.
B. Cough to clear mucus right before

C. No; albuterol is used to relieve the symptoms during an actual asthma attack, and salmeterol is used to prevent an attack. Both are needed.

A client newly diagnosed with moderate asthma asks whether he can just take salmeterol instead of salmeterol and albuterol, because he has read that they are both beta agonists. What is the nurse's best advice?
A. Yes; both of these drugs have the same ac