The nurse is teaching a mother how to perform chest physical therapy and postural drainage on her 3-year-old child, who has cystic fibrosis. To perform percussion, the nurse should instruct her to:
a. cover the skin with a shirt or gown before percussing.
b. strike the chest wall with a flat-hand position.
c. percuss over the entire trunk anteriorly and posteriorly.
d. percuss before positioning for postural drainage.
ANS: A
For postural drainage and percussion, the child should be dressed in a light shirt to protect the skin and placed in the appropriate postural drainage positions. The chest wall is struck with a cupped-hand, not a flat-hand position. The procedure should be done over the rib cage only. Positioning precedes the percussion.
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