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

Exercise 2

Allan, a 40-year-old man, presents to your clinic because of episodic shortness ofbreath.He has a full-time job in a body shop, which he started 16 months ago.Hesays that he can hear himself wheeze and has a dry cough at times. He says that heseems to get better over the weekend but gets progressively worse during the week.He recently had a 2-week vacation and felt great the whole time. His wife thinks thathe just doesn't like his job. He has smoked two packs of cigarettes per day for morethan 20 years but has tried to quit several times. His wife smokes as well. He thinksthat his respiratory problems are due to smoking.Provide examples of open-endedquestions that you might ask Allan to gain more information about his breathingproblems.What potential nursing diagnoses come to mind, given his presentation?What educational interventions might be appropriate for Allan and why?