Postoperatively the individual is encouraged to perform deep breathing and coughing and leg exercises every:
a. 30 mins.
b. 1–2 hours.
c. 2–4 hours.
d. 8 hours.
c
Postoperative exercises are started soon after the individual's return to the ward. The nurse should encourage deep
breathing and coughing and leg exercises to be performed at
2- to 4-hourly intervals.
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