The nurse is teaching a mother how to perform chest physiotherapy and postural drainage on her 3-year-old child,who has cystic fibrosis.What should the nurse instruct her to do when performing percussion?

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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