47. A nurse in an emergency department is assisting with the care of a client who is unconscious and has trauma to multiple systems following a motor vehicle crash. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?  

14.  The nurse is caring for an elderly client who is experiencing intense coughing spells when eating and difficulty swallowing. Which of the following interventions related to this finding will the nurse perform?

6.  The nurse working in a long-term care facility knows that elderly residents have some significant differences due to their body’s aging. Which of the following are geriatric changes related to the respiratory system? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

20.  The nurse is caring for client who has been diagnosed with restrictive airway disease.  The physician has ordered Albuterol MDI two puffs BID.  Which of the following would the nurse educate the client as a common side effect?

27. The nurse has been notified by the assistive personnel that one of the patients has a pulse ox of 86% on 4L NC. The nurse understands that which of the following lab values correlates this finding? 

40. If the physician has ordered Chest physiotherapy for a client with a bronchodilator administered. The nurse will plan on performing the chest physiotherapy and administration of the bronchodilator at what time?

4.  The student nurse is presenting an educational project to his classmates on the upper airway.  The student nurse correctly identifies the functions of the respiratory region of the nose when he states which of the following: (select all that apply)

31. The nurse assesses a client’s respirations and finds abnormal respirations marked by a cycle which begins with slow, shallow respirations and gradually become deep and rapid and then stop briefly.  The nurse will document the presence of:

18.  A family member comes to the nurse’s station and states her sister in room 310 is having a panic attack and needs help. The nurse enters the room to find the client is breathing very rapidly (greater than normal) and reports feeling dizzy and light headed. The nurse would quickly do which of the following?

29. The nurse caring for a client with a tracheostomy understands that their primary responsibility is: