Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 13th Edition by Kerry Cheever, Janice Hinkle

Exercise 4

You are on a surgical unit caring for a 58-year-old woman who has undergonea right middle lobectomy for lung cancer. The patient has no history of smoking, buther husband and adult son who live with her both smoke two packs of cigarettesdaily.What strategies would you use to prevent or minimize pulmonarycomplications in this patient? What parameters would you use to monitor thepatient's postoperative respiratory status? What strategies would you consider toencourage the patient's family members to stop smoking? What is the evidence basefor the strategies that you consider? How would you evaluate the strength of theevidence?