Question

The nurse provides teaching about self-care management to a client who recently was diagnosed with emphysema. The nurse concludes that further teaching is needed when the client makes which statement?

Answer 1

Answer:

"I will maintain complete bed rest."

Explanation:

Emphysema is a chronic, slowly evolving respiratory irritation often caused by smoking, although other agents (dust, pollutants, chemical vapors) may also cause it. In emphysema, the alveoli become large air-filled sacs that make it difficult for air to come into contact with the blood, since the tissue through which the vessels passed was destroyed. The client with this disease has wheezing, coughing, a choking sensation, but the worst of the symptoms is shortness of breath that gets worse as the disease gets worse. The lungs become less efficient and the chest takes on a cylindrical form characteristic of the disease.

The client with this disease does not need to keep rest all the time, in fact it is recommended that the client do little activities and rest only when they start to get short of breath.