Your client is first-day postoperative after having an abdominal hysterectomy. Which of the following would you do to help client with coughing exercises?
1. Encourage the use of a pillow to splint the incision.
2. Discourage sitting in the Fowler's position.
3. Enlist another nurse to help you splint the incision.
4. Encourage the client to lie prone to protect the incision.
ANS: 1
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