The Nurse Instructing the Patient to Perform Forceful Exhalation Coughing

question 10

Multiple Choice

The nurse instructing the patient to perform forceful exhalation coughing would teach the patient to take in:

• A) one deep breath and quickly exhale.
• B) two breaths and force the air out quickly.
• C) two deep breaths, then inhale deeply again and force out the air quickly.
• D) one breath, hold it for 3 seconds, then forcefully exhale three times with mouth open.

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