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NCLEX-RN · Question #206

NCLEX-RN Question #206: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

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Question

A 70-year-old client has pneumonia and has just had a respiratory arrest. He has just been intubated with an 8- mm endotracheal tube. During auscultation of his chest, breath sounds were found to be absent on the left side. The nurse identifies the most likely cause of this as:

Options

  • AInappropriate endotracheal tube size
  • BLeft-sided pneumothorax
  • CRight mainstem bronchus intubation
  • DPneumonia

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