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humphriesbr@me.com · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

The nurse, planning to assess a client's respirations, realizes that the process of ventilation includes:

1. moving air into and out of the lungs to deliver fresh air to the alveoli.
2. alveolar gas exchange.
3. the end stages of oxygenation.
4. pulmonic circulation.

Question 2

During assessment of the client with pneumonia, the nurse notes a bluish coloration of the skin. The nurse interprets this to mean the client is:

1. in the early stages of a respiratory problem.
2. improving.
3. hypoxic.
4. hyperventilating.