A Nurse Is Educating a Postoperative Client on How to Use

question 34

Multiple Choice

A nurse is educating a postoperative client on how to use an incentive spirometer. Which of the following is an accurate step that should be included in the teaching plan?

• A) Instruct the client to inhale normally and then place the lips securely around the mouthpiece.
• B) Instruct the client to inhale slowly and as deeply as possible through the mouthpiece, without using the nose.
• C) When the client cannot inhale anymore, the patient should hold his or her breath and count to 10.
• D) Encourage the client to perform incentive spirometry two to three times every one to two hours, if possible.

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