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The nurse is providing discharge teaching for a client diagnosed with right lower lobe pneumonia. What information should be provided for this client? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)

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A. Avoid crowds during the cold and flu season. ✓ Correct Answer

B. Increase activities to previous level as soon as you get home.

C. Report temperature elevations to the healthcare provider.

D. Finish taking oral antibiotics as prescribed.

E. Electronic cigarettes are an alternative to tobacco while trying to quit.

Correct Answer:

Avoid crowds during the cold and flu season.

Rationale:

Avoiding crowds reduces the risk of reinfection. Reporting temperature elevations helps detect complications like recurrent infection. Completing antibiotics ensures the infection is fully treated.

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The nurse is providing discharge teaching for a client diagnosed with right lower lobe pneumonia. What information should be provided for this client? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)

Correct Answer:

Rationale:

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A nurse on a medical-surgical unit is performing an admission assessment of a client who has COPD with emphysema. The client reports that they have a frequent productive cough and shortness of breath. The nurse should anticipate which of the following assessment findings for this client?

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The nurse is providing discharge teaching for a client diagnosed with right lower lobe pneumonia. What information should be provided for this client? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)

Correct Answer:

Rationale:

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A nurse on a medical-surgical unit is performing an admission assessment of a client who has COPD with emphysema. The client reports that they have a frequent productive cough and shortness of breath. The nurse should anticipate which of the following assessment findings for this client?

The experienced nurse understands that the student nurse may require additional instruction regarding proper respiratory assessment techniques when the nurse observes the student:(SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)

A nurse is assessing a newly admitted client whose chief complaint is "coughing up blood" and whose recent history includes a productive cough and night sweats. What is the nurse's priority intervention?

The nurse is caring for a client who has a core temperature of 970F (36.10C) post-op in the post-anesthesia care unit. What action(s) will the nurse take in light of this finding? (Select all that apply)

The nurse is assisting the client with arm and shoulder exercises on the first post-op day following a right-sided thoracotomy. The client reports pain with the exercise and wants to know why they must be performed. What explanation should the nurse provide? The exercises:

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