When providing preoperative instruction for a patient scheduled for a left pneumonectomy for cancer of the lung,the nurse informs the patient that postoperatively he can expect which of the following interventions?
A) To be positioned on the unaffected side
B) Chest tubes to water-seal chest drainage
C) Endotracheal intubation with mechanical ventilation
D) Frequent use of an incentive spirometer
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