A nurse is caring for a client who is having difficulty breathing. The client is lying in bed and is already receiving oxygen therapy via nasal cannula. Which of the following interventions is the nurse's priority?

A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is having difficulty using an incentive spirometer. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?

The nurse is aware that changes occur in the respiratory system after the age of 70 that put the older adult more at risk for respiratory problems. These changes include: (Select all that apply.)

A nurse caring for a patient with a tracheostomy should determine whether the patient needs suctioning by:

What is the most common cause of airway obstruction in the unconscious person?

The nurse instructing the patient to perform forceful exhalation coughing would instruct the patient to take in:

The nurse is aware that the best time to schedule a postural drainage treatment is

A patient has collapsed and cannot be aroused by asking loudly, "Are you okay?" The next action should be to:

A client is receiving oxygen therapy via a nasal cannula. When the client asks the nurse why he needs to have oxygen tubing in his nose, which of the following explanations about the cannula should the nurse give him?

A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a newly licensed nurse about a nonrebreather mask. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

The nurse takes into consideration that a pulse oximeter may not give an accurate reading if the patient is: