The nurse is caring for an asthmatic patient with a nursing diagnosis of "Impaired gas exchange,related to air trapping." The intervention that would be appropriate to add to the nursing care plan is to:

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Increasing fluid intake thins the mucus in the lungs,making it easier to cough up,which helps clear the bronchioles and decrease ventilation-perfusion mismatch.Increasing O? is not helpful if no air pathway exists to the alveoli.Increasing O? to 8 L is excessive.

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