Nurse should identify the need of teaching Inhaler technique to patient when:

• Inhales the mist and quickly exhales.

• Inhales the mist inside mouth

• Takes Inhaler puffs and holds breath for 10-15 seconds

• Inhales puffs with deep breath

A Female client is scheduled to have a chest radiograph. Which of the following questions is of most importance to the nurse assessing this client??

• Is there any possibility that you could be pregnant

• Can you hold your breath easily

• Are you able to hold your arms above your head?”

• Are you accompanied with any of your family member

A client has just returned to a ward after having bronchoscopy. A nurse would implement which of the following nursing interventions for this client?

• Encouraging additional fluids for the next 24 hours

• Ensuring the return of the gag reflex before offering foods or fluids

• Administering atropine intravenously

• Administering small doses of midazolam

A client with allergic rhinitis asks the nurse what he should do to decrease his symptoms. Which of the following instructions would be appropriate for the nurse to give the client?

• Use your nasal decongestant spray regularly to help clear your nasal passages

• Ask the doctor for antibiotics. Antibiotics will help decrease the secretion

• It is important to increase your activity. A daily brisk walk will help promote drainage

• Keep a diary when your symptoms occur. This can help you identify what precipitates your attacks

Which of these correctly orders the structures through which air passes during inhalation?

• pharynx → trachea → larynx → bronchi

• pharynx → larynx → trachea → bronchi

• larynx → pharynx → bronchi → trachea

• larynx → pharynx → trachea → bronchi

Which of the following pathophysiological mechanisms that occur in the lung parenchyma allow pneumonia to develop?

• Atelectasis

• Bronchiectasis

• Effusion

• Inflammation

Which of the following organisms most commonly causes community-acquired pneumonia in adults?

• Haemophilus influenzae

• Klebsiella pneumoniae

• Streptococcus pneumoniae

• Staphylococcus aureus

A diagnosis of pneumonia is typically achieved by which of the following diagnostic tests?

• ABG analysis

• Chest x-ray

• Blood cultures

• Sputum culture and sensitivity

A client with pneumonia develops dyspnea with a respiratory rate of 32 breaths/minute and difficulty expelling his secretions. The nurse auscultates his lung fields and hears bronchial sounds in the left lower lobe. The nurse determines that the client requires which of the following treatments first?

• Antibiotics

• Bed rest

• Oxygen

• Nutritional intake

An adult woman is admitted to an isolation unit in the hospital after tuberculosis was detected during her follow-up visit in clinic. she is frightened about her diagnosis, she is anxious to cooperate with the therapeutic regimen. The teaching plan includes information regarding the most common means of transmitting the tubercle bacillus from one individual to another. Which contamination is usually responsible?

• Hands

• Droplet Nuclei

• Milk Products

• Eating Utensils