A 30-Year-Old Client Was Diagnosed with Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency After

question 13

Multiple Choice

A 30-year-old client was diagnosed with alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency after developing COPD.The client started smoking cigarettes at age 16.What risk prevention information should the nurse provide regarding the client's young children?

• A)"If your children inherited this deficiency,they may develop COPD whether or not they smoke."
• B)"It is probably too late to worry about exposing your children to passive smoke and increasing their risk."
• C)"You should work with your children and their health care providers to discourage them from smoking."
• D)"Maybe your children won't smoke when they realize how sick it has made you."

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