The nurse instructing the patient to perform forceful exhalation coughing would instruct 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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Proper coughing procedure is to take in two deep breaths, inhale deeply again and to forcibly exhale (cough) at the end of the third breath. This technique is very effective in moving secretions up the bronchial tree.

The Nurse Instructing the Patient to Perform Forceful Exhalation Coughing