A Patient Who Had a C7 Spinal Cord Injury a Week

question 16

Multiple Choice

A patient who had a C7 spinal cord injury a week ago has a weak cough effort and audible rhonchi.The initial intervention by the nurse should be to

• A) administer humidified oxygen by mask.
• B) suction the patient's mouth and nasopharynx.
• C) push upward on the epigastric area as the patient coughs.
• D) encourage incentive spirometry every 2 hours during the day.

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Definitions:

Inverse Relationship

An inverse relationship is a correlation between two variables where one variable increases as the other decreases, and vice versa.

Expectation of Drinking

The anticipation or belief about the effects that alcohol will have, which can influence an individual's drinking behavior and experience.

Aggression

Actions designed to injure or threaten someone, either through physical acts or spoken words.

Dependent Variable

The factor or condition that is measured at the end of an experiment and is presumed to vary as a result of the manipulations of the independent variable(s).