Which of the following is a correct instruction, regarding therapeutic breathing exercises, that the nurse provides to a client with pulmonary emphysema?
A) Expand the abdominal muscles when exhaling.
B) Let the abdomen rise when taking a deep breath.
C) Do not use the diaphragm.
D) The chest should rise and fall with each breath.
B
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A highly suicidal patient who has been hospitalized for 2 weeks committed suicide during the night. The measure that will be helpful to staff and patients having to deal with the event is:
a. asking the patient's roommate not to discuss the event with other patients. b. keeping newspapers off the unit and sending the television "out for repair.". c. holding a staff meeting to express feelings and plan care for other patients. d. discharging the other patients as quickly as possible to prevent copycat attempts.
A woman in her first trimester of pregnancy would expect to visit her physician every 4 weeks so that:
a. she develops trust in the health care team. b. her questions about labor can be answered. c. the condition of both the expectant mother and the fetus can be monitored. d. problems can be eliminated.
A human communication activity designed to influence another to change attitudes or alter behaviors by the use of techniques such as argument, reasoning, or pleading is known as ____
a. Advisement b. Consultation c. Persuasion d. Suggestion
Following a myocardial infarction, elevations in which cardiac marker would be seen first and are cardiac tissue-specific?
1. White blood cells 2. Troponin I 3. Myoglobin 4. Creatine kinase