Encourage ambulation if allowed out of bed by health care provider.
Encourage postoperative clients to cough and deep breathe.
Maintain clients in a supine position at all times to prevent aspiration.
Educate patient to blow into the incentive spirometer every 2 hours.
Allow clients who recently had a stroke to feed themselves to promote self-care.
Educate patient to inhale slow and deep with lips tight around the mouth piece of the incentive spirometer.