Question

A health care provider (hcp) is about to remove a chest tube from a client. after the dressing is removed and the sutures have been cut, the nurse assisting the health care provider should ask the client to perform which procedure?

Answer 1

The nurse assisting the health care provider should ask the client to do a certain action which is perform the Valsalva maneuver. This is an action being performed by which an individual moderately forces his or herself into doing exhalation against a closed airway by having his or her mouth the be closed with the nose shut and exhaling as if the person is blowing a balloon.