A patient hospitalized with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)is being discharged home on O₂ therapy. Which instruction should the nurse include in the discharge teaching?

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The use of home O₂ improves quality of life and prognosis. Because increased dyspnea may be a symptom of an acute process such as pneumonia,the patient should notify the health care provider rather than increasing the O₂ flow rate if dyspnea becomes worse. O₂ can be supplied using liquid,storage tanks,or concentrators,depending on individual patient circumstances. Travel is possible using portable O₂ concentrators.

A Patient Hospitalized with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)is Being