Why should you post a "no smoking" sign on the door of a room where a client is receiving oxygen therapy?
A. Cigarette smoke would further compromise or irritate the respiratory status of a client receiving oxygen therapy.
B. Clients with respiratory problems are too dyspneic to move quickly in an emer-gency situation such as a fire.
C. Oxygen is a combustible gas and may explode in the presence of an open flame.
D. Combustion is enhanced by the presence of oxygen.
D
Oxygen does not burn, but it supports combustion.
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