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colleen colleen
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11 years ago
During an assessment, a patient begins to cough. The nurse realizes that this means which of the following?
1. The patient has a cold.
2. The patient is nervous.
3. Something other than air was entering the larynx.
4. The patient is not fully conscious.
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11 years ago
that is such a vague ques! is it C.?
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11 years ago
3 -- If anything other than air enters the larynx, a cough reflex expels the foreign substance before it can enter the lungs. This protective reflex does not work if the person is unconscious. It does not indicate the actuality that the patient has a cold. Being nervous is not typically associated with coughing.
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