ATI RN
Respiratory System Exam Questions Questions
Question 1 of 4
A charge nurse is rounding on several older clients on ventilators in the Intensive Care Unit whom the nurse identifies as being at high risk for ventilator-associated pneumonia. To reduce this risk what activity would the nurse delegate to the assistive personnel (AP)?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The correct answer is C: Provide oral care every 4 hours. Oral care helps prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia by reducing the risk of oral bacteria being aspirated into the lungs. The AP can assist with oral care under the nurse's supervision. A: Encouraging between-meal snacks does not directly address pneumonia risk. B: Monitoring temperature is important but not specific to ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention. D: Reporting new cough onset is important but does not directly reduce the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Question 2 of 4
You are the team leader RN working with a student nurse. The student nurse is to teach the client how to use a multidose inhaler without a spacer. Put the steps that the student nurse should teach the client in correct order.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 3 of 4
What keeps alveoli from collapsing?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 4
What is the best action for the nurse to do?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.