The nurse supervises unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) who are providing care for a patient with right lower lobe pneumonia. The nurse should intervene if which action by UAP is observed?
a. UAP splint the patient's chest during coughing.
b. UAP assist the patient to ambulate to the bathroom.
c. UAP help the patient to a bedside chair for meals.
d. UAP lower the head of the patient's bed to 15 degrees.
ANS: D
Positioning the patient with the head of the bed lowered will decrease ventilation. The other actions are appropriate for a patient with pneumonia.
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