The Nurse Notes That a Patient Has Incisional Pain,a Poor

Multiple Choice

The nurse notes that a patient has incisional pain,a poor cough effort,and scattered coarse crackles after a thoracotomy. Which action should the nurse take first?

A) Assist the patient to sit upright in a chair.
B) Splint the patient's chest during coughing.
C) Medicate the patient with prescribed morphine.
D) Observe the patient use the incentive spirometer.