A nurse is preparing their client with pleural effusion for a thoracentesis. Based on how this procedure is performed, which of the following positions should the nurse instruct the client to hold?

Ramanpreet Kaur Sidhu

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A nurse is preparing their client with pleural effusion for a thoracentesis. Based on how this procedure is performed, which of the following positions should the nurse instruct the client to hold? 
 
   Ramanpreet Kaur Sidhu   
 
 ID: 137304

Accepted Answer

Sitting upright, leaning forward, with head and arms supported on the side table

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Side-lying on affected side, with knees, tucked into chest

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Side lying on unaffected side, with knees tucked into chest and neck extended

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Sitting upright with arms behind back and head of bed elevated to at least 60 degrees

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