Skill Checklists for Taylor's Clinical Nursing Skills: A Nursing Process Approach

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Copyright © 2011 by Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Skill Checklists for Taylor's Clinical Nursing Skills:

SKILL 6-2

Deep Breathing Exercises, Coughing,

and Splinting (Continued)

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b. Instruct the patient to inhale and exhale through the

nose three times.

c. Ask the patient to take a deep breath and hold it for

3 seconds and then cough out three short breaths.

d. Ask the patient to take a breath through the mouth and

strongly cough again two times.

e. Instruct the patient that he or she should perform these

actions every 2 hours when awake after surgery.

10. Validate patient’s understanding of information. Ask the
    patient to give a return demonstration. Ask the patient if
    he or she has any questions. Encourage the patient to prac-
    tice the activities and ask questions, if necessary.


11. Remove PPE, if used. Perform hand hygiene.

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