Which patient education is appropriate after discharge for pneumonia?

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Patients should continue to cough and deep breathe after discharge. Fatigue is expected for several weeks. The pneumococcal and influenza vaccines can be given at the same time in different arms. A follow-up chest x-ray needs to be done in 6 to 8 weeks to evaluate resolution of pneumonia.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: The patient should inhale the medication rapidly. Otherwise the dry particles will stick to the tongue and oral mucosa and not get inhaled into the lungs. Advair Diskus is a dry powder inhaler; shaking is not recommended. Spacers are not used with dry powder inhalers. Huff coughing is a technique to move mucus into larger airways to expectorate. The patient should not huff cough or exhale forcefully after taking Advair in order to keep the medication in the lungs. [Note: The document states ANS: B, but rationale suggests rapid inhalation (A). Assuming a typo in ANS, corrected to A based on rationale.]

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Routine scheduling of airway clearance techniques is an essential intervention for patients with CF. A sweat chloride test is used to diagnose CF, but it does not provide any information about the effectiveness of therapy.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Oxygen is in group 16, where elements have their outermost electrons in p orbitals, placing it in the p block.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: The neurologic system controls respiratory drive, initiating the process of gas exchange; the pulmonary system delivers oxygen, and the cardiovascular system perfuses it, but the neurologic system starts it.