Question 33   A client with a history of blunt trauma to the chest complains of chest pain, which increases with movement. On auscultation, a pericardial friction rub is heard, and the client is diagnosed with acute pericarditis. The nurse caring for the client should instruct the client to assume which of the following positions for the relief of chest pain?

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A client with a history of blunt trauma to the chest complains of chest pain, which increases with movement. On auscultation, a pericardial friction rub is heard, and the client is diagnosed with acute pericarditis. The nurse caring for the client should instruct the client to assume which of the following positions for the relief of chest pain?

Question 33 options:

a)

Supine position, with no elevation of the client’s head


b)

Prone position


c)

Supine position, with the client’s head elevated 30 degrees


d)

Leaning forward while sitting upright

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