The Nurse Monitoring Patients Eating in the Dining Room of a Skilled

question 16

Multiple Choice

The nurse monitoring patients eating in the dining room of a skilled nursing facility notes that a patient begins choking. As the nurse prepares to deliver the Heimlich maneuver, the fist should be positioned:

• A) halfway between the xiphoid process and the umbilicus.
• B) directly over the sternum.
• C) between the umbilicus and the symphysis pubis.
• D) directly over the umbilicus.

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