1. Your 46-year-old female patient arrives to the ER with complaints of short-ness of
breath. Physical exam shows a patient with a swollen face, swollen tongue, and difficulty
breathing.Which medication would you suspect is causing this condition?:
Answer Enalapril
2. Kussmauls respirations are::
Answer rapid and deep
3. The nurse is taking a respiratory history for a patient who has come to theER with a
chronic cough. What information should the nurse obtain from thepatient? (select all that
apply):
Answer
-prior history of lung disease
-occupational or environmental exposure to respiratory irritantsprior history of smoking
4. Your 56-year-old patient who recently had an MI comes to the clinic with complaints
of dry, non-productive cough that doesn't go away.What medication should the nurse
question the patient about taking?:
Answer angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors
5. The nurse would teach the COPD patient what style of breathing to positiveexpiratory
pressure to and prevent alveolar collapse?:
Answer pursed lip breathing
6. Your patient is complaining of chest pain and hemoptysis. Physical exam demonstrates
tachypnea and tachycardia.The patient is diagnosed as havinga pulmonary embolism. As the
nurse, you would anticipate the patient to havehad which diagnostic test(s) to diagnose a
pulmonary embolism?:
Answer
ventilationperfusion scan
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