A Client Is Admitted to the Hospital with an Acute

question 16

Multiple Choice

A client is admitted to the hospital with an acute episode of chronic obstructive pulmonary (lung) disease.The nurse makes a diagnosis of Ineffective Breathing Pattern related to inability to maintain adequate rate and depth of respirations and has recorded the diagnosis and appropriate goals on the care plan.When selecting nursing interventions,what should the nurse do first?

• A) Identify several interventions likely to achieve the desired outcomes.
• B) Review the problem and etiology of the nursing diagnosis.
• C) Choose the best interventions for the patient.
• D) Review the goals she has written.

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