The nurse is planning to use a respiratory spirometer to measure the amount of air that moves in and out of a patient's lungs with each normal breath. How will the nurse document the results of this test?
1. Tidal volume
2. Vital capacity
3. Forced expiratory volume
4. Minute ventilation
Answer: 1
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