Planning postoperative care for patient

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The nurse is planning postoperative care for a patient who has had a right hip replacement and smokes cigarettes. Which postoperative instruction would be most important to prevent respiratory complications in this patient? "Drink 8 to 10 glasses of water per day." "Slightly shift your position in bed every 15 minutes." "Alternate pointing toes up and down 20 times every hour." "Use the incentive spirometer 10 times every hour while awake.

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