Following abdominal surgery, your patient must cough and take deep breaths. How can you best achieve this with your patient?
1. Withhold analgesics until the patient performs this task.
2. Help the patient splint the incision with a pillow.
3. Explain that pneumonia occurs if deep breathing is not carried out every 4 hours.
4. Ambulate the patient 40 feet to increase his need for oxygen.
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Splinting decreases pain by supporting the muscles, thereby allowing better lung expansion.
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