Pre-Lecture Quiz, Chapter 18, Nursing Care of the Child with a Respiratory Disorder

Pre-Lecture Quiz, Chapter 18, Nursing Care of the Child With a Respiratory Disorder

True/False

1. Clubbing is the enlargement of the terminal phalanx of the fingers resulting from chronic hypoxemia.

2. Tachypnea is a late-stage sign of respiratory distress in children.

3. Rales are crackling sounds, heard during auscultation, that are the result of the alveoli becoming filled with fluid.

4. Suctioning is an important intervention for an infant with a common cold.

5. Stridor is a term used to refer to the characteristic coughing sound of croup.

Fill-in-the-Blank

1. Alveolar collapse or loss of lung volume, referred to as ______, can cause grunting on expiration.

2. Hypoventilation occurs secondary to markedly ______work of breathing.

3. Usually a thin watery nasal discharge, ______is commonly called runny nose.

4. A sign of respiratory distress, ______may be observed on inhalation.

5. Seen as a blue or gray coloration of the skin, ______is a sign of poor oxygenation.