The Nurse Caring for a 38-Year-Old Female Client with Multiple

The nurse caring for a 38-year-old female client with multiple fractures in the trauma intensive care unit knows that this client is at high risk for pulmonary complications such as atelectasis from her immobility.One of the interventions that the nurse can do to help prevent this from occurring is to:

A) Keep the PaO₂ level at or above 94%
B) Instruct the client to deep breathe and cough every hour while awake
C) Turn the client every 2 hours
D) Keep the client on the ventilator as long as possible