Which nursing action best promotes adequate gas exchange for a client with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?

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COPD has been around for a long time, but it is only recently that commercials have informed people about the true problems associated with COPD and the drastic measures people with this disease have to do to try to live a normal lifestyle. Since this is a problem with the lungs, some people have to carry an oxygen tank and be hooked up to it in order to have enough oxygen.

Then they must carry this tank with them for the rest of their lives. Oxygen seems to be the biggest issue concerning people who deal with this issue. However, the best thing that a nurse can do for a patient with advanced COPD is to promote adequate gas exchange by having the patient use a mask for oxygen.