Once the need for long-term home O2 therapy has been documented, why should repeated labor-atory assessment (ABG or oximetry) be conducted?
1. To follow the course of the disease
2. To assess changes in clinical status
3. To facilitate changes in the prescription
a. 1 and 2 only
b. 2 and 3 only
c. 1 and 3 only
d. 1, 2, and 3
ANS: D
To guide practitioners in providing quality care, the AARC has published a Clinical Practice Guideline on Oxygen Therapy in the Home or Extended Care Facility. Excerpts appear on p. 1291-1292.
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