Discussion: Concept of pulmonary function

Discussion: Concept of pulmonary function
Discussion: Concept of pulmonary function
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PART No. 3:
A nursing student comes into your office because they are struggling with the concept of pulmonary function. They know you as an experienced FNP and so they are comfortable asking if you could clarify the terms residual volume (RV), functional reserve capacity (FRC), total lung capacity (TLC) inspiratory reserve volume (IRV), and expiratory reserve volume (ERV).
1. Give her a definition of each?
2. List three (3) disorders that can alter the residual volume and explain how they do so?
NR 507 Week 2 Quiz (CH 3, 34-36 + 8 – 13 from week 1)
1. At the arterial end of capillaries, fluid moves from the intravascular space into the interstitial space because the (Points : 2)
2. Physiologic pH is maintained around 7.4 because bicarbonate (HCO3) and carbonic acid (H2CO3) exist in a ratio of (Points : 2)
3. When thirst is experienced, how are osmoreceptors activated? (Points : 2)
4. Chvostek sign and Trousseau sign indicate (Points : 2)
5. Which are indications of dehydration? (Points : 2)
6. In hyperkalemia, cardiac rhythm changes are a direct result of (Points : 2)
7. Water movement between the intracellular fluid compartment and the extracellular compartment is primarily a function of (Points : 2)
8. In tuberculosis, the body walls off the bacilli in a tubercle by stimulating (Points : 2)
9. Pulmonary edema usually begins at a pulmonary capillary wedge pressure or left atrial pressure of _____ mm Hg. (Points : 2)
10. Which inflammatory mediators are produced in asthma? (Points : 2)
11. The most successful treatment for chronic asthma begins with (Points : 2)
12. Which pleural abnormality involves a site of pleural rupture that act as a one-way valve, permitting air to enter on inspiration but preventing its escape by closing during expiration? (Points : 2)
13. _____ is a fulminant form of respiratory failure characterized by acute lung inflammation and diffuse alveolocapillary injury. (Points : 2)
14. In ARDS, alveoli and respiratory bronchioles fill with fluid as a result of the (Points : 2)
15. Clinical manifestations that include unexplained weight loss, dyspnea on exertion, use of accessory muscles, and tachypnea with prolonged expiration are indicative of (Points : 2)
16. Clinical manifestations of pulmonary hypertension include (Points : 2)
17. Dyspnea is not a result of (Points : 2)
18. High altitudes may produce hypoxemia through (Points : 2)
19. Chest wall compliance in infants is _____ in adults. (Points : 2)
20. What is the primary cause of RDS of the newborn? (Points : 2)
21. An accurate description of childhood asthma is that it is a(n) (Points : 2)
22. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by a(n) (Points : 2)
23. Which of the following statements about the advances in the treatment of RDS of the newborn is incorrect? (Points : 2)
24. Which of the following types of croup is most common? (Points : 2)
25. Which immunoglobulin is present in childhood asthma? (Points : 2)