When providing preoperative teaching to a client scheduled to have abdominal surgery, the nurse should include:
1. changing the dressings.
2. turning, deep breathing, and coughing
3. assisting with the bed bath.
4. self-medication using a PCA pump.
Answer: 2
1. Clients do not change their own dressings.
2. Deep breathing and coughing is required of all postoperative patients in order to reduce the risk of complications.
3. Clients might or might not be expected to assist with their baths.
4. Clients might or might not have a PCA device.
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