A nurse is caring for a client who has a terminal illness and is approaching death. The client is short of breath and has noisy respirations from secretions in their airway. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

The nurse should:  elevate the head of the client's bed.

Explanation:

When the head of the client's bed is elevated, it helps the client with breathing and aids respiration of the client who is short of breath.

It increases the overall respiration and inhalation.

The patient does not have to struggle harder to breath as this will minimize this struggle.

Also elevating the bed head relieves the airway obstruction.

This gives relief to the patient with respiratory tract.

Hence elevating the head of client's bed gives relief to the client with short of breath.