1. What is the most important information to provide the client about her recurrent episodes of bronchitis?

 It is vital to encourage and advise the client to stop her smoking habit since this vastly contributes to her
recurrent episodes of bronchitis. Along with proper medications like using bronchodilators as prescribed,
it is important to educate the client to avoid repeated episodes of her condition.

2. Cite three nursing activities to help reduce the client's risk for future episodes of bronchitis.
To avoid or reduce recurring episodes of bronchitis, the nurse must do the following:
 Advise patient of smoking cessation and secondhand smoking.
 Instruct patient to live in a clean environment and avoid exposure in respiratory irritants.
 Educate patient on how to use albuterol sulfate inhaler and emphasize adherence to antibiotic therapy as
prescribed.

3. Differentiate between acute and chronic bronchitis.

 Acute Bronchitis usually develops from a respiratory infection such as a cold and goes away in a week or
two. On the other hand, chronic bronchitis is an inflammation (swelling) and irritation of the bronchial
tubes. While chronic bronchitis causes many of the same symptoms as acute bronchitis, the difference is
that these symptoms do not go away. Chronic bronchitis has a symptom of chronic productive cough &
sputum production that lasts for more than 3 months (within 2 consecutive years).

4. What type of bronchitis is the client experiencing? Provide rationale for your answer.
 Chronic bronchitis occurs frequently and lasts at least 3 months out of a year for at least 2 years. The most
common cause for chronic bronchitis is smoking. Since the patient has a 16-year history of cigarette
smoking, is experiencing her 3rd episode of bronchitis within the past 12 months, and symptoms like
productive cough that doesn’t go away, most likely the client has chronic bronchitis.