1. To assess for a positive Homans’ sign, the nurse should:

2. As a cause of death among men and women in the United States, lung cancer ranks:

3. Nursing measures to assist in the prevention of pulmonary embolism in a hospitalized patient include all of the following except:

4. Anticoagulant therapy with heparin is administered in an attempt to maintain the International Normalized Ratio (INR) in a therapeutic range of:

5. Prophylactic isoniazid (INH) drug treatment is necessary for about how many months?

6. The pathophysiology of ARF is directly related to:

7. The nurse is aware that the most common surgical procedure for a small, apparently curable tumor of the lung is a:

8. A 70 kg, 60-year-old woman is being treated for ARDS. The nurse knows that the minimum daily caloric requirement to meet normal requirements is:

9. More than 80% of all lung cancers are primarily caused by:

10. A pleural effusion results when fluid accumulation in the pleural space is greater than:

11. For the tubercle bacillus to multiply and initiate a tissue reaction in the lungs, it must be deposited in:

12. Acute respiratory failure (ARF) occurs when oxygen tension (PaO2) falls to less than _____ mm Hg (hypoxemia) and carbon dioxide tension (PaCO2) rises to greater than ______ mm Hg (hypercapnia).

13. The nurse assesses a patient for a possible pulmonary embolism. The nurse looks for the most frequent sign of:

14. Characteristics of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis include all of the following except:

15. Clinical manifestations directly related to cor pulmonale include all of the following except:

16. Auscultation can be used to diagnose the presence of pulmonary edema when the following adventitious breath sounds are present:

17. Paradoxical chest movement is associated with which chest disorder?

18. The most frequent symptom of lung cancer is:

19. Diagnostic confirmation of a lung abscess is made by:

20. The most prevalent lung carcinoma that is peripherally located and frequently metastasizes is:

21. Neuromuscular blockers are given to patients who are on ventilators in ARF to accomplish all of the following except:

22. An initial characteristic symptom of a simple pneumothorax is:

23. It is estimated that Mycobacterium tuberculosis infects about what percentage of the world’s population?

24. A key characteristic feature of adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is:

25. Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common organism responsible for which of the following types of pneumonia?

26. A nurse knows to assess a patient with pulmonary arterial hypertension for the primary symptom of:

27. The most diagnostic clinical symptom of pleurisy is:

28. A Mantoux skin test is considered not significant if the size of the induration is:

29. Nursing management for a person diagnosed as having acute tracheobronchitis includes:

30. In the United States, the most common causes of death from infectious diseases are influenza and:

31. The nurse knows that a sputum culture is necessary to identify the causative organism for acute tracheobronchitis. If the culture identifies a fungal agent, the nurse knows it would most likely be: