Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher

Exercise 11

Priority Decision: To promote effective coughing, deep breathing, and ambulation in the postoperative patient, what is most important for the nurse to do?
A) Teach the patient controlled breathing
B) Explain the rationale for these activities
C) Provide adequate and regular pain medication
D) Use an incentive spirometer to motivate the patient