What is the best position for feeding a client with a nursing diagnosis of Impaired swallowing?
1. high-Fowler's position
2. 30-degree angle flexion at the hips with head flexed forward
3. 90-degree flexion at the hips and 45-degree flexion at the neck
4. 45-degree flexion at the hips and a 90 degree flexion at the neck
ANS: 3
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