A nurse is caring for a client with a sinus infection. The client's physician has prescribed aerosol therapy to keep the mucous membranes moist and the mucus thin. Which of the following is a benefit of using aerosol therapy?
A) It promotes gravity drainage of secretions.
B) It regulates the production of mucus.
C) It encourages spontaneous coughing.
D) It resolves infections of the lungs.
C
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Aerosol therapy encourages spontaneous coughing. It also improves breathing and helps to raise sputum for diagnostic purposes by loosening secretions. Postural drainage is a positioning technique that promotes gravity drainage of secretions from various lobes or segments of the lungs. Aerosol therapy does not prevent lung infections. Aerosol therapy also does not produce mucus; the body continuously produces mucus.
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