PN2 FINAL EXAM VERSION 2 (100 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |VERIFIED ANSWERS
A client has hypokalemia. Which question by the nurse obtains the most information on a possible cause?
Answer:- "Do you use diuretics or laxatives
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PN2 FINAL EXAM VERSION 2 (100 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |VERIFIED ANSWERS
A client has hypokalemia. Which question by the nurse obtains the most information on a possible cause?
Answer:- "Do you use diuretics or laxatives?"
The nurse is notifying the health care provider via telephone of a change in the condition of a client diagnosis with an exacerbation of asthma. Arrange in the nursing statements in order as they would be communicated using the SBAR method:
1 Mr. Smith was admitted yesterday with an exacerbation of asthma. He typically controls his asthma with oral medication and inhalers at home. He is ordered albuterol treatments twice daily. Oxygen is prescribed at 2 L nasal cannula.
2 I am notifying you because Bob Smith has become increasingly short of breath with audible- wheezing this afternoon
3 I recommend that we increase his oxygen dose and prescribe and extra albuterol inhaler
4 Hello. My name is Nurse Jones from Unit D
5 Respirations are now 32 breaths/ minute. The pulse oximeter is 89% on 2 L nasal cannula. Lungs reveal wheezing in all lung fields
Answer:- 4,1,2,5,3
** The nurse reviews the arterial blood gas (ABG) results of a client and notes the following: pH 7.45, PaCO2 30mm, and HCO3 20 mEq/L. The nurse analyzes these results as indicating which condition?**
Answer:- Respiratory alkalosis, fully compensated
(I GOT***RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS, FULLY COMPENSATED)
A nurse is caring for a client who reports difficulty breathing and tingling in both hands. His respiratory rates is 36 breaths per minute and he appears very restless. The nurse anticipates which of the following values to be outside the expected references range if the client is experiencing respiratory alkalosis?
Answer:- PaCO2
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