(^140) Medical-Surgical Nursing Demystified
- After the test:
- Examine the incision site for bleeding.
- Monitor respiration for changes, potential for pneumothorax development
after a piece of the lung has been removed.
Quiz
- Following an asthmatic attack, a mother asks you how to prevent another
asthmatic attack. You should:
(a) Tell her that asthmatic attacks cannot be prevented.
(b) Help the mother identify triggers that cause asthmatic attacks and show
her how to avoid them.
(c) Ask her physician to change her medication.
(d) Immediately move her family to a dry climate. - The patient presents with difficulty breathing and a barrel chest. He is diag-
nosed with emphysema. The patient asks why increasing oxygen therapy
doesn’t relieve his difficulty breathing. The best response is:
(a) Difficulty breathing is due to air trapped in your lungs, reducing the
lungs’ ability to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide. Increasing oxy-
gen does not resolve the trapped air.
(b) You must lie on your right side for oxygen therapy to work properly.
(c) Your barrel chest has decreased, causing your lungs to over-expand.
(d) You must take deeper breaths when receiving oxygen therapy. - The physician has scheduled a thoracentesis. The patient asks why there is
so much fluid in the pleural space. The best response is:
(a) An error occurred and you were administered too much IV medication.
(b) Your body is unable to remove fluid, resulting in a build-up of fluid in
the pleural space around your lungs.
(c) This is the result of oxygen therapy.
(d) This is a normal side effect of bumetanide, which is the medication
ordered by your physician.