How will the nurse categorize the level of asthma control for a client who reports usually waking at night with wheezing once weekly and needing to use the prescribed reliever inhaler to stop the episode?

For which problems will the nurse specifically assess when the low-pressure alarm of a client’s mechanical ventilator sounds?

What type of acid–base problem will the nurse expect in a client who is being insufficiently mechanically ventilated for the past 4 hours and whose most recent arterial blood gas results include a pH of 7.29?

Which action will the nurse teach an older client with a respiratory problem to make as an accommodation to promote adequate gas exchange?

Match the following terms with the correct definition

What is the priority action for the nurse to take when a client comes to the emergency department with extremely labored breathing and a history of asthma that is unresponsive to prescribed inhalers?

The nurse has just received report on a group of clients. Which client is the nurse’s first priority?

Which factors or conditions will the nurse identify as increasing the risk for clients to develop aspiration pneumonia?

Which is the priority action for the nurse to take first after applying oxygen when caring for an older client admitted with symptoms of possible seasonal influenza accompanied by vomiting and high fever?

Which action will the nurse take first for a client being mechanically ventilated who begins to pick at the bedcovers?