Author Question: While caring for a patient with pneumonia, a nurse notes that the patient's sputum is greenish and ... (Read 73 times)

mpobi80 · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

While caring for a patient with pneumonia, a nurse notes that the patient's sputum is greenish and very thick. The highest priority in the patient's plan of care is to

1. Encourage the use of the incentive spirometer.
2. Provide pain medication every 4 hours as ordered.
3. Provide a bedside commode.
4. Encourage the patient to increase oral intake.

Question 2

A nurse enters a room and notes that a patient has a very productive cough. The nurse would be most concerned about a life-threatening situation if the sputum looks

1. Greenish yellow.
2. Frothy and pink-tinged.
3. Thick and white.
4. Rusty in color.