One of the aspects of teaching patients with bronchiectasis self-care is to include their families in the teaching of postural drainage. Why is it so important for the nurse to include families in their self-care teaching?
A) Because the patient physically cannot do it himself
B) To avoid having to go to a center for treatment twice a day
C) Because the patient gets so tired that he cannot manage a postural drainage treatment regimen without other people to help
D) To avoid exposure to people with upper respiratory infections
Ans: D
Feedback: Patients and families are taught to perform postural drainage and to avoid exposure to people with upper respiratory or other infections.
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