A nurse needs to position a patient in severe respiratory distress in a manner that allows the chest to expand to maximum capacity for moving air in and out of the lungs. The correct body position for this patient would be
1. Right Sims.
2. Orthopneic.
3. Trendelenburg.
4. Supine.
ANS: 2
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