Question

a nurse is providing preoperative teaching to a client about the use of an incentive spirometer. which of the following instructions should the murse include

Answer 1

Incentive Spirometer : A hand held medical device, used to help the patient to improve the functioning their lungs,especially after the surgery.  

Preoperative teaching to use Incentive Spirometer: For the patient to use Incentive Spirometer, after their surgery for breathing exercises, the nurse has to teach the patient about the use of Incentive Spirometer and should give the instructions about the proper use of Incentive Spirometer:

Instructions:

* Best results can be achieved with the use of Incentive Spirometer, when the client sit up, or elevate the head of the bed 45 to 90 degree.  

* Keep a tight seal between the lips and mouthpiece

* Inhale slowly as deep as  you can

* Hold the breath for 5 seconds

* exhale untill the piston of the Spirometer fall back to the bottom .

Other instructions :

-Always hold the Spirometer in upright position

- Do the spirometry at least 10 times per hour.  

( These are the necessary instructions for a patient to use the Incentive Spirometer. No options were provided in the question. But hope you got the correct option from the answer given. Thank you).