An older client asks the nurse what can be done to prevent a respiratory infection during the winter months. How should the nurse respond to this client? Select all that apply.
1. Stay active with daily exercise.
2. Don't smoke and avoid secondhand smoke.
3. Wash the hands often and get a flu vaccination.
4. Eat a healthy diet and maintain a normal weight.
5. Ask a family member to perform shopping duties.
1. Stay active with daily exercise.
2. Don't smoke and avoid secondhand smoke.
3. Wash the hands often and get a flu vaccination.
4. Eat a healthy diet and maintain a normal weight.
Explanation: 1. Tips to keep a healthy respiratory system include staying active with daily exercise. Maintaining muscle tone and bone strength is essential to the ability to completely expand the chest while breathing.
2. Tips to keep a healthy respiratory system include not smoking and avoiding secondhand smoke. Second-hand smoke is an allergen and a respiratory irritant.
3. Tips to keep a healthy respiratory system include frequent hand washing and getting a flu vaccination. Hand washing is the single best prevention measure for any person to prevent infection. Flu prevention is essential as it often leads to pneumonia in the older adult client.
4. Tips to keep a healthy respiratory system include eating a healthy diet and maintaining a normal weight. Proper nutrients are required to prevent illness and obesity and frail thinness can both lead to decreased activity.
5. For most people, it is not reasonable or necessary to ask a family member to do all the shopping. This would significantly decrease the client's exposure to illness, but it is important for the client to continue to socialize, ambulate, and perform self-care duties.
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