A client with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who is beginning oxygen therapy asks the nurse why the flow rate cannot be increased to more than 2 L/min. The nurse responds that this would be harmful because it could cause which effect?
A. Be drying to nasal passages
B. Decrease the client's oxygen-based respiratory drive
C. Increase the risk of pneumonia as a result of drier air passages
D. Decrease the client's carbon dioxide-based respiratory drive
Ans: B. Decrease the client's oxygen-based respiratory drive
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A) Lindsey's age B) Lindsey's knowledge of the institution's standards of practice C) Lindsey's nursing degree D) Lindsey's knowledge base and level of skill
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