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Aminophylline (theophylline) is prescribed for a client with acute bronchitis. A nurse administers the medication, knowing that the primary action of this medication is to:

A client is receiving isoetharine hydrochloride (Bronkosol) via a nebulizer. The nurse monitors the client for which side effect of this medication?

Side effects that can occur from a beta 2 agonist include tremors, nausea, nervousness, palpitations, tachycardia, peripheral vasodilation, and dryness of the mouth or throat. Due to the vasodilatory effect of peripheral vasculature and subsequent decrease in cardiac venous return, compensatory mechanisms manifest as tachycardia are relatively common, especially within the first weeks of usage.

A female client is scheduled to have a chest radiograph. Which of the following questions is of most importance to the nurse assessing this client?

A client has just returned to a nursing unit following bronchoscopy. A nurse would implement which of the following nursing interventions for this client?

The pleura that covers the surface of the lungs is the:

Which of the following descriptions regarding the larynx is CORRECT?

The right lung has ___ lobes and ___ bronchopulmonary segments.

It is the volume of air inspired or expired with each breath. At rest, quiet breathing results in a volume of about 500 milliliters (mL).

The muscles of inspiration include the diaphragm and internal intercostal muscles. The statement is: