A client, being transferred from the operating room after major ...

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A client, being transferred from the operating room after major heart surgery, is intubated. When would the nurse expect the client to be extubated?
 
  a. In the operating room
  b. In the PACU within the first 3 or 4 hours
  c. The first postoperative day
  d. Three or four days after surgery

Question 2

When instructing a client on the use of an incentive spirometer, the nurse should instruct the client to:
 
  a. take a deep breath and hold it for 3 seconds, then put the mouthpiece in the mouth and blow out as hard as possible.
  b. put the mouthpiece in the mouth, take a deep breath and hold it for 3 seconds, then blow out into the mouthpiece.
  c. take a deep breath and hold it for 10 seconds, then put the mouthpiece in the mouth and exhale and inhale deeply.
  d. take a normal breath and exhale, then seal the lips tightly around the mouthpiece; take a slow, deep breath and hold it for 3 seconds; then remove the mouthpiece and exhale normally.

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: C

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D

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TYSM

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Excellent