Multiple Choice
The patient is complaining of feeling congested.After assessing the patient,the nurse places the patient in the proper position and claps his or her cupped hands against the patient's thorax.He or she does this because he or she is aware that ______________ assists in loosening retained secretions from the airway.
A) warmth
B) percussion
C) massage
D) therapeutic touch
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