Deck 41: Oxygen Needs

Question 1

What is the correct term for the lack of or absence of breathing?

A)Apnea
B)Kussmaul respirations
C)Bradypnea
D)Hypoxia

Answer 1

A

Question 2

When respirations gradually increase in rate and depth and then become shallow and slow and breathing stops for 10 to 20 seconds, it is called which of the following?

A)Hyperventilation
B)Cheyne-Stokes respirations
C)Kussmaul respirations
D)Hypoventilation

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following is the correct term for a reduced amount of oxygen in the blood?

A)Hypoxemia
B)Hypoxia
C)Oxygen concentration
D)Respiratory depression

Answer 3

A

Question 4

When a client is sensitive to a substance, his or her body reacts with signs and symptoms.What is the correct term for this sensitivity?

A)A pollutant
B)An allergy
C)Hypoxia
D)Hypoxemia

Question 5

Mrs.Pylie is breathing very slowly and cannot get enough air in her lungs.What is this called?

A)Respiratory arrest
B)Respiratory depression
C)Bradypnea
D)Hypoventilation

Question 6

What does the term hypoxia mean?

A)Respiratory depression
B)Cells do not have enough oxygen
C)Breathing stops
D)Slow and weak respirations

Question 7

What is difficult, laboured, or painful breathing called?

A)Apnea
B)Bradypnea
C)Dyspnea
D)Orthopnea

Question 8

Asbestos is considered to be which of the following?

A)An allergy
B)An irritant
C)A pollutant
D)An allergen

Question 9

Narcotics affect oxygen needs because they do which of the following?

A)Cause brain damage
B)Depress the respiratory centre in the brain
C)Decrease heart rate and blood flow
D)Cause swelling of the mucous membranes in the upper airway

Question 10

A radioisotope is administered for which of the following?

A)Chest X-ray
B)Lung scan
C)Bronchoscopy
D)Thoracentesis

Question 11

What is another term for bloody sputum?

A)Hemothorax
B)Hemoptysis
C)Pleural effusion
D)Pneumothorax

Question 12

What is the correct term for respirations that are slow, shallow, and sometimes irregular?

A)Bradypnea
B)Tachypnea
C)Hypoventilation
D)Hyperventilation

Question 13

The client can only breathe deeply and comfortably when sitting.What is the correct term for this?

A)Apnea
B)Bradypnea
C)Dyspnea
D)Orthopnea

Question 14

In which of the following positions is the client sitting up in bed and leaning over a table in order to breathe easily?

A)Fowler's position
B)Semi-Fowler's position
C)The orthopneic position
D)The hypoxic position

Question 15

The amount of hemoglobin that contains oxygen is referred to as which of the following?

A)Hypoxia
B)Hypoxemia
C)Oxygen concentration
D)Alveolar-capillary exchange

Question 16

What is the term for respirations that are 24 or more per minute?

A)Apnea
B)Bradypnea
C)Dyspnea
D)Tachypnea

Question 17

What is mucus from the respiratory tract that is expectorated through the mouth called?

A)Saliva
B)Sputum
C)Hemoptysis
D)Hypoxia

Question 18

Respiratory arrest is said to have occurred when which of the following has happened?

A)Breathing has stopped.
B)The heart has stopped.
C)Respirations are very rapid.
D)Breathing and heart action have stopped.

Question 19

Which of the following is the correct term for respirations fewer than 12 per minute?

A)Apnea
B)Bradypnea
C)Orthopnea
D)Tachypnea

Question 20

What is the correct term for respirations that are rapid and deeper than normal?

A)Bradypnea
B)Tachypnea
C)Hypoventilation
D)Hyperventilation

Question 21

The support worker has assisted the client to use the incentive spirometer.What is the next step?

A)Bradypnea
B)Yawning or sighing
C)Coughing
D)Inhalation and exhalation

Question 22

Which following test measures the amount of air moving into and out of the lungs?

A)Pulse oximetry
B)Incentive spirometry
C)Pulmonary function test
D)Arterial blood gases

Question 23

Which of the following devices allows the client to talk and to eat during oxygen administration?

A)Nasal cannula
B)Simple face mask
C)Partial-rebreather mask
D)Venturi mask

Question 24

Part of the lung has collapsed.What is this condition called?

A)Dehiscence
B)An evisceration
C)Hypoxemia
D)Atelectasis

Question 25

When caring for clients with chest tubes, which of the following should the support worker never do?

A)Turn and reposition the client.
B)Raise the drainage system above chest level.
C)Keep connecting tubing coiled on the bed.
D)Observe chest drainage-this is the nurse's job.