A nurse encourages a patient who is diagnosed with COPD not to smoke because smoking:
A) Increases the amount of mucus production
B) Oxygenates the hemoglobin
C) Shrinks the alveoli in the lungs
D) Collapses the alveoli in the lungs
Ans: A
Feedback: Smoking increases the amount of mucus production, reduces the oxygen-carrying capacity of hemoglobin, and distends the alveoli in the lungs.
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