A patient is being admitted to the preoperative holding area for a thoracotomy. Preoperative teaching includes what?
A) Correct use of a ventilator
B) Correct use of incentive spirometry
C) Correct use of a mini-nebulizer
D) Correct technique for rhythmic breathing
Ans: B
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Instruction in the use of incentive spirometry begins before surgery to familiarize the patient with its correct use. You do not teach a patient the use of a ventilator; you explain that he may be on a ventilator to help him breathe. Rhythmic breathing and mini-nebulizers are unnecessary.
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