When Providing Teaching to a Patient, Which Action Is Important

question 11

Multiple Choice

When providing teaching to a patient, which action is important to help the patient in performing controlled coughing?

• A)Repeat the breathing exercises twice.
• B)Cough two to three times and inhale between coughs.
• C)Place a pillow over the incisional site for splinting.
• D)Use the chest and shoulder muscles while inhaling during diaphragmatic breathing.

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Definitions:

Injection

The act of administering a liquid, especially a drug, into a body part, typically using a syringe and needle, for therapeutic reasons.

Absorption

The process by which one substance is absorbed, or taken in and incorporated, into another, as when the body converts food or drugs into a form it can use.

Metabolize

The process by which living organisms transform food into energy and building blocks for cells, or breaking down of substances to excrete waste.

Body Systems

Organized groups of tissues that work together to perform complex functions for the body, such as the circulatory, digestive, and nervous systems.