When Providing Care to Patients, Nurses Understand That Evidence-Based Practice

When providing care to patients, nurses understand that evidence-based practice supports the concept that

A) to avoid atelectasis and pneumonia, use of an incentive spirometer has an outcome equal to coughing for a patient following surgery.
B) to avoid atelectasis and pneumonia, use of an incentive spirometer has a better outcome than coughing for a patient following surgery.
C) to avoid atelectasis and pneumonia, use of an incentive spirometer has a worse outcome than coughing for a patient following surgery.
D) neither coughing nor use of an incentive spirometer will avoid atelectasis or pneumonia in postoperative patients.

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