The nurse explains to the patient that the incentive spirometer is used to prevent:

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Encourage use of incentive spirometer,which promotes lung expansion.
Early ambulation promotes circulation,lung expansion,and peristalsis.A wound can hemorrhage quickly during the early postoperative period.Observations of wound and dressings provide data to measure progress of wound healing and prevent hypotension. Incentive spirometry has no effect on bleeding.

The Nurse Explains to the Patient That the Incentive Spirometer