ATI MED SURG FORM A EXAM SOLUTIONS WITH EXPLANATION

ATI MED SURG FORM A EXAM SOLUTIONS WITH EXPLANATION A nurse is caring for an older client who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with pneumonia. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following acid-base imbalances? a) respiratory alkalosis b) respiratory acidosis c) metabolic alkalosis d) metabolic acidosis - ANSWER-b) respiratory acidosis Respiratory acidosis is a common complication of COPD. This complication occurs because clients who have COPD are unable to exhale carbon dioxide due to a loss of elastic recoil in the lungs. A nurse is caring for a client who has a tracheostomy with an inflated cuff in place. Which of the following findings indicated that the nurse should suction the client's airway secretions? a) the client is unable to speak b) the client's airway secretions were last suctioned 2 hr ago c) the client coughs and expectorates a large mucous plug d) the nurse auscultates coarse crackles in the lung field - ANSWER-d) the nurse auscultates coarse crackles in the lung field The nurse should auscultate coarse crackles or rhonchi, identify a moist cough, hear or see secretions in the tracheostomy tube, and then suction the client's airway secretions. A nurse...

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