When the Nurse Is Performing a Physical Examination of a Patient

question 8

Multiple Choice

When the nurse is performing a physical examination of a patient who smokes and who is being admitted on the day of surgery, it is especially important to

• A) calculate the patient's smoking history in pack-years.
• B) auscultate for normal and adventitious breath sounds.
• C) encourage the patient to stop smoking during the postoperative period.
• D) determine whether the patient quit smoking for a few weeks preoperatively.

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