The nurse coaches a postoperative client to utilize a breathing device that prevents the complication of atelectasis. This device would be a(n):
1. IPPB.
2. blow bottles.
3. incentive spirometer.
4. postural drainage.
3
An incentive spirometer assists the patient with deep breathing exercises that can help prevent atelectasis. A client would not use an intermittent positive pressure breathing device without the presence of a nurse and/or respiratory therapist. Blow bottles are not a medical device used to prevent atelectasis. Postural drainage is a technique used to drain secretions from the lung lobes.
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