To enhance gas exchange, the nurse would position a patient who had a left pneumonectomy this morning:
1. on the right side.
2. on the left side.
3. in a semi-Fowler's position.
4. flat, with a small pillow.
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Elevation of the head helps gas exchange in a new pneumonectomy. Complete side-lying on the unaffected side may cause mediastinal shift.
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