The nurse supervises unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) who are providing care for a patient with right lower lobe pneumonia. The nurse should intervene if which action by UAP is observed?
A) UAP assist the patient to ambulate to the bathroom.
B) UAP help splint the patient's chest during coughing.
C) UAP transfer the patient to a bedside chair for meals.
D) UAP lower the head of the patient's bed to 15 degrees.
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