3. A nurse is caring for a patient who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and is 2 days postoperative after a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Which intervention for airway management should the nurse delegate to an NAP?

1. Assisting the patient to sit up on the side of the bed 2. Instructing the patient to cough eff ectively 3. Teaching the patient to use incentive spirometry 4. Auscultating breath sounds every 4 hours