How should a nurse teach a patient to perform deep breathing and coughing to use postoperatively?
A) The patient should take three deep breaths and cough hard three times.
B) The patient should take three deep breaths and exhale forcefully, take a quick short breath and cough from deep in the lungs.
C) The patient should take a deep breath in through the mouth and exhale all the air out through the mouth, take a short breath, and cough from deep in the lungs.
D) The patient should rapidly inhale, hold for 30 seconds, and exhale slowly.
C
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