CNOR Operating Room Nursing

Answer: C-When educating a patient about how to use incentive spirometry, the nurse should teach the patient to take a deep breath and slowly exhale. Incentive spirometry should be used at regular intervals, multiple times per day, to promote lung inflation. The patient should be sitting up, rather than lying on their side, which will facilitate ease of breathing. Part of spirometry involves coughing to clear secretions, which should be encouraged.