A nurse planning to provide preoperative teaching to a patient who will be undergoing a thoracotomy should provide information to the patient about:
A) Milking chest tubing
B) Splinting the incision when coughing
C) Caring for the wound
D) Monitoring for signs of respiratory distress
Ans: B
Feedback: Preoperative teaching for a patient who will undergo a thoracotomy includes the use
of incentive spirometry, turning, coughing, deep breathing, and splinting the incision. Wound care, endotracheal suctioning, and signs of respiratory distress are not a part of the preoperative teaching.
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