HONDROS EXAM TEST 1 NURS 185 WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025

Nurse is caring for patient who had total knee replacement yesterday. Patient up in chair stating he feels good. Pain is 3/10. Resp. 16, pulse is 75, bp is 110/78. Pulse ox 88 reading is after incentive spirometer. What actions would you take at this time? Move pulse ox to another finger on the other hand and recheck. Nurse admits patient to med surg unit. Resp rate of 38. Patient using chest muscles to breathe, pulse ox of 87 on room air, pink frothy sputum. What intervention would you implement first? O2 at 2 Liters/Min Caring for pt. who is intubated and receiving mechanical ventilation. What action by the nurse would decrease the patient's incidence of developing ventilator associated pneumonia? Put head of bed at 30-45 degrees. The nurse is administering acetylcysteine (muca-mist) as nebulizer treatment to patient. Which should the nurse have available for adverse effect on the patient? Suction equipment