The nurse is caring for a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The patient has been receiving oxygen therapy for an extended time. What symptoms would the patient exhibit if he was experiencing oxygen toxicity?
A) Bradycardia and frontal headache
B) Dyspnea and substernal pain
C) Anger and restlessness
D) Poor personal hygiene
Ans: B
Feedback: Oxygen toxicity can occur when patients receive too high a concentration of oxygen for an extended period. Symptoms of oxygen toxicity include dyspnea, substernal pain, restlessness, fatigue, and progressive respiratory difficulty. Bradycardia, frontal headache, anger, and poor personal hygiene are not symptoms of oxygen toxicity.
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