The nurse is caring for a client after a bronchoscopy and biopsy.  Which of the following signs, if noticed in the client, should be reported immediately to the health care provider?

Several family members of a client diagnosed with a pleural effusion are concerned that the client has not been “coughing up any of the fluid.”  The RN understands that a nonproductive cough is expected because the:

A child with croup is on oxygen at 2 liters per nasal cannula and has the following arterial blood gas (ABG) results: pH 7.31 pCO2 48 HCO3 24 pO2 91 (Normal value ranges: pH 7.35-7.45, pCO2 35-45 mm Hg, HCO3 21-28 mEq/L, PaO2 80-100 mm Hg) Which does the nurse report to the health care provider based on this data?

Which potential side effects does the nurse include in the teaching plan for a client undergoing radiation therapy for lung cancer?

A client diagnosed with pneumothorax is placed on 6 liters of oxygen by nasal cannula with an oxygen saturation of 85%.  A chest tube has been placed.  The nurse reassesses the oxygen saturation which has remained at 100% for the last hour.  Which of the following is the most appropriate nursing action?

The nurse checks a client’s pulse oximetry reading and obtains 85%.  The last reading four hours ago was 95%. What is the first action the nurse should take?

A nurse is educating a group of new intensive care unit nurses about Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).  Which statement by a new nurse requires clarification?

A young child is being seen in the clinic by the primary health care provider due to losing weight, foul smelling stools, and repeated respiratory infections that don’t appear to get better.  Which priority diagnostic test does the nurse anticipate to be ordered?

Define the term, “amphitheater”. 

Define the term, “myth”.