The Nurse Monitoring Patients Eating in the Dining Room of a Skilled

The nurse monitoring patients eating in the dining room of a skilled nursing facility notes that a patient begins choking. As the nurse prepares to deliver the Heimlich maneuver, the fist should be positioned:

A) halfway between the xiphoid process and the umbilicus.
B) directly over the sternum.
C) between the umbilicus and the symphysis pubis.
D) directly over the umbilicus.