The nurse educates the family of a newly admitted child with cystic fibrosis that the therapy will be centered on:
a. chest physiotherapy.
b. mucus-drying agents.
c. prevention of diarrhea.
d. insulin therapy.
A
Chest physiotherapy and aerosol medications are the center of treatment for cystic fibrosis.
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