You are the nurse caring for a patient who is scheduled to have a thoracotomy. You are planning to provide preoperative teaching and know to share what information with the patient?
A) How to milk the chest tubing
B) How to splint the incision when coughing
C) How to care for the wound
D) How to recognize 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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