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mp14 · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

Morgan is a student nurse who is caring for a 24-year-old patient who is immobile with a back injury. On auscultation, Morgan heard rhonchi in his lower lobes. Morgan is most concerned that the patient may have developed which of the following?

A. A collapsed lung
B. Hypostatic pneumonia
C. Aspiration pneumonia
D. Tension pneumothorax

Question 2

A nurse is caring for a patient. Visitors at the bedside include the patient's life partner, widowed mother, sister, and nephew. The nurse acknowledges that current trends in American families include:

A. couples having many children.
B. more singles choosing to live alone.
C. a very different look than 15 years ago.
D. a mother, father, and more than one child.

ngr69 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
Decreased lung expansion, generalized respiratory muscle weakness, and stasis of secretions oc-cur with immobility. These conditions often contribute to the development of atelectasis (collapse of alveoli) and hypostatic pneumonia (inflammation of the lung from stasis or pooling of secretions).

Answer to Question 2

C
Family forms are changing. Couples are choosing to delay having children or to have no children at all. Single parents constitute 26 of all families with children.