1 Mosby items and derived items © 2011, 2007 by Mosby, Inc., an affiliate of Elsevier, Inc. Nursing Assessment: Respiratory System Chapter 26

2 Mosby items and derived items © 2011, 2007 by Mosby, Inc., an affiliate of Elsevier, Inc. 1.A patient with metabolic alkalosis has an SpO 2 of 94% and a shift to the left in the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve. The nurse recognizes that this finding indicates that the patient should 1.receive supplemental oxygen because less oxygen is dissolved in plasma but is readily released to the tissue. 2.not receive supplemental oxygen because more oxygen is dissolved in plasma and is readily released to the tissue. 3.receive supplemental oxygen because less oxygen is dissolved in plasma and is not readily released to the tissue. 4.receive supplemental oxygen because more oxygen is dissolved in plasma but is not readily released to the tissue.

3 Mosby items and derived items © 2011, 2007 by Mosby, Inc., an affiliate of Elsevier, Inc. 2.A patient’s arterial blood gas (ABG) results include the following: pH 7.32; PaO 2 80 mm Hg; PaCO 2 55 mm Hg; and SaO 2 84%. Based on these findings, the nurse would expect the patient to have 1.dyspnea. 2.Biot’s respirations. 3.Kussmaul respirations. 3.Cheyne-Stokes respirations.

4 Mosby items and derived items © 2011, 2007 by Mosby, Inc., an affiliate of Elsevier, Inc. 3.The nurse interprets an induration of 5 mm resulting from tuberculin skin testing as a positive finding in 1.patients at low risk for TB. 2.immigrants arriving within the past 5 years from high-prevalence countries. 3.a patient with a 5-year history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. 4.individuals with chronic clinical conditions such as diabetes, cancer, or end-stage renal disease.