Respiratory Failure, ARDS and Ventilation Practice Questions
15 free Respiratory Failure, ARDS and Ventilation practice questions for the NCLEX Exam, each with the correct answer and a detailed explanation. Open any question below, or take the full set as an interactive quiz.
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All Respiratory Failure, ARDS and Ventilation questions
- Q1. According to ARDS guidelines, which tidal volume is most appropriate?
- Q2. To reduce lung injury in ARDS, plateau pressure should be limited to which value?
- Q3. What scenario does a PaO₂/FiO₂ ratio of 120 mmHg with bilateral infiltrates indicate?
- Q4. When is prone positioning recommended in the management of ARDS?
- Q5. What strategy is recommended for fluid management in ventilator‐associated respiratory failure due to ARDS?
- Q6. What should be considered as the primary cause when a ventilator displays high peak pressures and low tidal volumes delivered?
- Q7. For a ventilated patient in acute hypercapnic respiratory failure, which ventilator change is most appropriate?
- Q8. Which finding is most concerning when monitoring for signs of inadequate oxygenation in respiratory failure?
- Q9. When a ventilator alarm indicates 'low pressure,' what should be the nurse's first action?
- Q10. Why is neuromuscular blockade used in a patient with ARDS who has been sedated, paralyzed, and ventilated for 48 hours?
- Q11. What risk may excessive PEEP pose in acute respiratory failure due to ARDS?
- Q12. Which sign suggests readiness for extubation in a mechanically ventilated patient recovering from respiratory failure?
- Q13. What finding is consistent with 'barotrauma' in a ventilated patient for respiratory failure?
- Q14. Which ventilator mode allows the patient some spontaneous breaths but gives mandatory breaths if the patient is not breathing adequately?
- Q15. Why is permissive hypercapnia sometimes allowed in acute respiratory failure due to ARDS?