ABGs Practice Questions

ABGs Practice Questions 10 studiers in 3 days 5.0 (1 review) Terms in this set (17) Science MedicineNursing Save A student is nervous for a big exam and is breathing rapidly. What do you expect to see in this patients acid- base balance?

• Metabolic Acidosis
• Respiratory Alkalosis
• Metabolic Alkalosis
• Respiratory Acidosis
• Respiratory Alkalosis

A 45 year old female with renal failure missed her dialysis and was starting to feel sick. What could be the reason?

• Metabolic Acidosis
• Metabolic Alkalosis
• Respiratory Acidosis
• Respiratory Alkalosis
• Metabolic Acidosis

The nurse is caring for a patient with a nasogastric tube that is attached to low suction. The nurse monitors the patient, knowing that the patient is at risk for which acid base disorder?

• Metabolic Acidosis
• Metabolic Alkalosis
• Respiratory Acidosis
• Respiratory Alkalosis
• Metabolic Alkalosis

A patient with a 3 day history of nausea and vomiting presents to the emergency room. The patient is hypoventilating with a respiratory rate of 10 breaths per minute. The patient's EKG displays a tachycardia rhythm with a heart rate of 120 beats per minute. Arterial blood gases are drawn and the nurse reviews the results, expecting to note which finding?

• A decreased pH and an increased

CO₂

• An increase pH and a decrease in

CO₂

• A decreased pH and a decrease

in HCO₃

• An increase pH and an increase in

HCO₃

• An increase pH and an increase in HCO₃

A patient who is found unresponsive has arterial blood gases drawn and

the results indicate the following: pH

7.12, PCO₂ 90 mmHg, and HCO₃ is 22 mEq/L. The nurse interprets the results as

• Metabolic Acidosis
• Respiratory Acidosis
• Metabolic Alkalosis
• Respiratory Alkalosis
• Respiratory Acidosis

The nurse notes that a patient's arterial blood gas results reveal a pH of 7.50 and a PCO₂ of 30 mmHg.What clinical manifestations are associated with these results?

• Hyperkalemia
• Bradypnea
• Nausea
• LightHeadedness
• Nausea
• Light Headedness

The nurse reviews the blood gas results of a patient with atelectasis.The nurse analyzes the results and determines that the patient is experiencing respiratory acidosis.Which result validates the nurse's findings?

• pH 7.25, PCO₂ 50 mmHg
• pH 7.35, PCO₂ 40 mmHg
• pH 7.50, PCO₂ 52 mmHg
• pH 7.52, PCO₂ 28 mmHg
• pH 7.25, PCO₂ 50 mmHg

In metabolic alkalosis, the blood pH

level is:

• Increased
• Decreased
• Stays the same
• Increased

The nurse plans care for a patient with COPD. Understanding that the patient is most likely to experience what type of acid-base balance?

• Metabolic Acidosis
• Metabolic Alkalosis
• Respiratory Acidosis
• Respiratory Alkalosis
• Respiratory Acidosis

10) If HCO₃ caused the acidosis or alkalosis, it is what kind of imbalance?

• Combined
• Metabolic
• None
• Respiratory
• Metabolic

The nurse is caring for a client with a nasogastric tube that is attached to low suction. The nurse monitors the patient for manifestations of which disorder that the patient is at risk for?Metabolic Acidosis Metabolic Alkalosis Respiratory Acidosis Respiratory Alkalosis Metabolic Alkalosis