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

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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