The nurse in the pulmonary clinic is caring for a 38-year-old male client.
1000:Has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) confirmed by the pulmonary evaluation. Has never smoked and reports no occupational dust or chemical exposure. Asks whether the diagnosis must be wrong because there is no smoking history.
Drag words from the choices below to fill in each blank in the following sentence.
The nurse should consider Word Choice because Word Choice.
Word Choices
a probable misdiagnosis
an inherited contributor
a tobacco-only explanation
smoking is required for COPD to develop
alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency raises COPD risk