The nurse should include the proper use of an incentive spirometer in teaching a preoperative patient.Postoperative monitoring of this patient would reveal that the incentive spirometry has been effective if the patient has:

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An incentive spirometer is used to promote lung expansion,which opens airways,reduces atelectasis,and stimulates coughing to clear secretions.

The Nurse Should Include the Proper Use of an Incentive