A Patient Was Recently Diagnosed with Pneumonia

Multiple Choice

A patient was recently diagnosed with pneumonia.The nurse and the patient have established a goal that the patient will not experience shortness of breath with activity in 3 days with an expected outcome of having no secretions present in the lungs in 48 hours.Which of the following is an appropriate evaluative measure demonstrating progress toward this goal?

A) Nonproductive cough present in 4 days
B) Scattered rhonchi throughout all lung fields in 2 days
C) Respirations 30/minute in 1 day
D) Lungs clear to auscultation following use of inhaler