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tiffannnnyyyyyy

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A humidity tent is frequently used for infants and young children to liquefy secretions and help reduce a fever. The nurse knows that humidified air puts the client at risk for:
 
  1. Respiratory distress
  2. Infection
  3. Skin breakdown
  4. Hypothermia

Question 2

The nurse working on the pulmonary unit is asked to obtain an acid-fast bacillus (AFB) sputum specimen from a client. The nurse knows that this test is used to screen for:
 
  1. Cancer
  2. Tuberculosis (TB)
  3. Cystic fibrosis
  4. Histoplasmosis


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ntsoane kedibone

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Reply #1 on: Jul 23, 2018
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Air in the humidity tent sometimes becomes cool and falls below 20 C (68 F), causing the child to become chilled. Children in humidity tents require frequent changes of clothing and bed linen to remain warm and dry. Humidified air helps in keeping the airway open by providing hydration to liquefy secretions, and the cool environment helps reduce bronchospasms. Humidified air liq-uefies secretions, allowing the child to cough them up, which reduces the risk for an infection. Humidified air should not lead to skin breakdown as long as the linens and clothing are not al-lowed to remain wet.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 2
The test is used to screen for the presence of AFB for detection of TB by early morning speci-mens on 3 consecutive days. Cancer would be tested by a sputum specimen for cytologic exami-nation. Cystic fibrosis and histoplasmosis are not screened for through sputum tests.


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Reply #2 on: Jul 23, 2018
Both answers were spot on, thank you once again


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Reply #3 on: Jul 23, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


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