A patient is recovering from a bronchoscopy. What care should the nurse provide to this patient?
Select all that apply.
1. Instruct the patient to avoid eating and drinking until the gag reflex returns.
2. Report dark blood–tinged respiratory secretions to the physician.
3. Notify the physician with any breathing difficulty.
4. Administer pain medications immediately following the procedure.
5. Instruct the patient on use of incentive spirometry to use following the procedure.
Correct Answer: 1, 3
A patient should not eat or drink until gag reflex returns. Dark-tinged blood, especially if biopsies were collected, is common after the procedure. The patient should be instructed to notify the physician with any breathing difficulties. There is commonly minimal discomfort following this procedure, so an immediate administration of pain medication would not be indicated. Incentive spirometry is not indicated the recovery from this procedure.
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