Sharon is a 68 year old woman presenting short of breath, pale and cyanosed and talking in shortsentences while holding her chest. She is coughing most the time. Sharon has been diagnosed withpneumonia with SPO2 range of 93%, RR 28 and irregular and temp 38.4 degrees centigrade. How would anursing intervention of patient positioning help Sharon and how does it relate to the underlyingpathophysiology of her condition.

Pneumonia is an inflammatory disease in which there is abnormal alveolar filling with fluid.…

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