The nurse is teaching a patient how to use a flow-oriented incentive spirometer (IS) the night before abdominal surgery. Which statement by the patient indicates an understanding of the procedure?
a. "I need to get the balls to the top as quickly as possible."
b. "Quick rapid breaths are the most effective when the incentive spirometer is used."
c. "I need to keep the balls elevated as long as possible."
d. "The balls must be elevated to be effective."
C
The goal is to keep the balls elevated for as long as possible to ensure maximal sustained inhalation, not to snap the balls to the top of the chamber quickly with a rapid, brief, low-volume breath. Even if very slow inspiration does not elevate the balls, this pattern helps to improve lung expansion.
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