A patient has acute congestive heart failure. A nursing intervention to decrease the workload of the heart would be to:
1. place the patient in a supine position.
2. encourage group activities to promote rest.
3. have the patient cough and deep breathe every 2 hours.
4. encourage large meals for extra needed calories.
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Group activities allow for adequate rest. The patient should be placed in a high Fowler's po-sition, and small or no meals are offered.
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