Nursing School Course
Gas exchange, the deteriorating airway, and the ventilated patient.
Respiratory assessment and breath sounds, ventilation, gas exchange and V/Q mismatch, obstructive, restrictive, infectious and pleural disorders, oxygen delivery, suctioning, tracheostomy and chest-tube care, respiratory medications, and respiratory failure with mechanical ventilation, ABG interpretation and weaning.
Module 1
Thorax inspection, breath sounds and adventitious sounds.
11 mapped lessons · lesson practice · module assessment
Module 2
Ventilation, gas exchange, V/Q mismatch and respiratory failure.
47 mapped lessons · lesson practice · module assessment
Module 3
Obstructive, restrictive, infectious and pleural disorders.
127 mapped lessons · lesson practice · module assessment
Module 4
Oxygen devices, suctioning, tracheostomy and chest tubes.
12 mapped lessons · lesson practice · module assessment
Module 5
Bronchodilators, inhaled corticosteroids, antihistamines and mucolytics.
8 mapped lessons · lesson practice · module assessment
Module 6
ARDS, ventilator modes, ABG interpretation and weaning.
31 mapped lessons · lesson practice · module assessment
Lesson titles are drawn from the published library for your program; the full list appears inside the course.
Every lesson has a Full view that teaches the complete topic and a certified Cram view for high-yield review. Cram never adds facts that are not in Full.
Clinical lessons move from introduction and pathophysiology through risk factors, manifestations, assessment, diagnostics, management, nursing considerations, complications, teaching and exam takeaways.
Lesson practice and assessments draw from NurseNest's published question bank for your exam scope — single-best-answer and select-all-that-apply items with rationales for every option, a takeaway and a hint.
Module assessments (20 questions), cumulative reviews (30) and a final (60); passing mark 80%. Missed items link back to the lesson, Cram and flashcards.
