A Patient Recently Received a Diagnosis of Pneumonia

question 17

Multiple Choice

A patient recently received a diagnosis of pneumonia.The nurse and the patient have established a goal that the patient will not experience shortness of breath with activity in 3 days,with an expected outcome of having no secretions present in the lungs in 48 hours.Which of the following is an appropriate evaluative measure demonstrating progress toward this goal?

• A)Nonproductive cough present in 4 days.
• B)Scattered rhonchi throughout all lung fields in 2 days.
• C)Respirations 30/minute in 1 day.
• D)Lungs clear to auscultation after use of inhaler.

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