The nurse is providing education to a patient with an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Which of the following body positions does the nurse teach the patient to assume to help him breathe more easily?
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The 21-year-old intoxicated patient presents to the emergency department after sustaining an injury to the right hand during an altercation in a bar. He reports punching another individual in the face. An x-ray of the hand reveals a broken 4th proximal phalange and metacarpal. The corresponding knuckle has an open laceration. The nurse prepares the patient for which treatment?
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