A Client Is Concerned About Maintaining a Healthy Respiratory System

question 42

Multiple Choice

A client is concerned about maintaining a healthy respiratory system.What should the nurse instruct the client to do to promote a healthy respiratory status?
(Select all that apply)

• A)Use pursed-lip breathing.
• B)Exercise regularly.
• C)Do not smoke.
• D)Breathe through the nose.
• E)Breathe through the mouth.

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Definitions:

Empiricism

The philosophical perspective that knowledge comes primarily from sensory experience and observation.

Operant Conditioning

Skinner’s term for the process of learning in which an organism’s behavior is shaped by the effect of the behavior on the environment.

Respondent Conditioning

Skinner’s term for classical conditioning.

Habituation

The process of becoming accustomed to a stimulus or environment, resulting in a decreased response over time.