The most appropriate intervention by the nurse to decrease the pain of an abdominal incision while coughing would be to:
A) support the surgical site with a pillow.
B) position patient in a side-lying position.
C) medicate with prescribed narcotic before coughing.
D) ask the patient to cross arms over the chest to increase force of cough.
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