The nurse, discharging a client recently diagnosed with asthma, explains that symptoms that should be reported immediately to the health care provider include:
Standard Text: Select all that apply.
1. difficulty breathing.
2. feeling breathless when speaking.
3. increased anxiety.
4. increased activity level.
5. increased appetite.
Correct Answer: 1,2,3
Rationale 1: Difficulty breathing would indicate a deteriorating respiratory status and should be reported immediately.
Rationale 2: Feeling breathless when speaking would indicate a deteriorating respiratory status and should be reported immediately.
Rationale 3: Anxiety can indicate a deteriorating respiratory status and should be reported immediately.
Rationale 4: A decreased, not increased, activity level would indicate a deteriorating respiratory status.
Rationale 5: A decreased, not increased, appetite may indicate the work of breathing is interfering with the ability to eat and may be a sign of deteriorating respiratory status.
Global Rationale: Instruct the patient to report immediately symptoms of deteriorating respiratory status such as increased dyspnea, breathlessness with speech, increased anxiety, or orthopnea. A decreased, not increased, activity level would indicate a deteriorating respiratory status. A decreased, not increased, appetite may indicate the work of breathing is interfering with the ability to eat and may be a sign of deteriorating respiratory status.
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