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Oxygen Equipment: Home Management Education (Pediatric) - CE

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The nurse is educating the family of a patient receiving 2 L of oxygen per nasal cannula. The patient has been on portable oxygen via an 0.5-L portable liquid oxygen system for 1½ hours. What statement by the family member indicates good understanding? “There are 3 hours of oxygen remaining.”
An oxygen concentrator system is preferred for a patient with limited mobility who requires which type of oxygen? Low-flow continuous oxygen
A patient receiving 1 L of oxygen is switched from a compressed oxygen system to an oxygen concentrator system. What would be important for the nurse to teach the family? Flow rate will likely need to increase.
During a power outage, which oxygen system would require a backup system? Oxygen concentrator
A home health nurse visits the home of a patient on oxygen therapy. When performing an environmental assessment, the nurse would consider which situation to be a risk? Candles and magazines on the bedside table
A patient is receiving oxygen therapy via a nasal cannula at home. A family member notices that the patient is becoming irritable and restless and is breathing more frequently than normal. --
What would be the most appropriate intervention by the family member? Ensure that oxygen is still being delivered.
An adolescent is being discharged on home oxygen for the first time. The nurse is providing education to the patient and family members on the use of home oxygen. What statement by a family member indicates good understanding? “I shouldn’t use an electronic cigarette near my teen’s oxygen system.”
The nurse is educating a patient’s family on how to secure a portable oxygen tank for traveling in a car. What response by a family member indicates good understanding? “I will secure the tank firmly on the back seat floor with a window cracked open.”
The family member of a toddler receiving 1 L of oxygen tells the nurse that the toddler continually tries to remove the nasal cannula. What would be an appropriate response by the nurse? “Secure the nasal cannula to your toddler’s cheeks with tape.”
A 30-week-old preterm infant is discharged home on supplemental oxygen. What would be a potential complication of oxygen use in this patient? Retinopathy
Which practice indicates that the patient understood the home health instructions regarding the use of an oxygen delivery system? the Patient requesting guests to smoke outside the house
Oxygen should be humidified if: -the upper airway is bypassed -High flow rates are used
A hissing sound is heard when the ambulatory tank is being filled from the stationary reservoir. The patient should be instructed to: continue filling the ambulatory tank
A patient with a history of COPD is utilizing at-home oxygen and develops a new-onset fever and increased sputum production. They should: Seek Medical Care
Safe use of home oxygen include which of the following? -placement of nonsmoking signs in the home - maintaining distance of at least 5 feet from heat sources
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