Your patient is experiencing shortness of breath. To relieve the symptoms in this patient, you would place your patient in what position?
A) Sitting upright leaning forward slightly
B) Low Fowler's
C) Prone
D) Trendelenburg
Ans: A
Feedback: Shortness of breath has been cited as . Typical posture of a person with COPD is to lean forward and use the accessory muscles of respiration to breath. Therefore, options B, C, and D are incorrect.
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