The nurse is teaching a mother how to perform chest physical therapy and postural drainage on her 3-year-old child,who has cystic fibrosis.To perform percussion,the nurse should instruct her to:
A)cover the skin with a shirt or gown before percussing.
B)strike the chest wall with a flat-hand position.
C)percuss over the entire trunk anteriorly and posteriorly.
D)percuss before positioning for postural drainage.

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For postural drainage and percussion,the child should be dressed in a light shirt to protect the skin and placed in the appropriate postural drainage positions.The chest wall is struck with a cupped-hand,not a flat-hand position.The procedure should be done over the rib cage only.Positioning precedes the percussion.

The Nurse Is Teaching a Mother How to Perform Chest