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Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher
Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher
Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783 Exercise 31
The nurse assesses that bowel sounds are absent and abdominal distention is present in a patient 12 hours post burn.The nurse notifies the health care provider and anticipates doing what action?
A) Withhold all oral intake except water
B) Insert a nasogastric tube for decompression
C) Administer a H2-histamine blocker such as cimetidine (Tagamet)
D) Administer nutritional supplements through a feeding tube placed in the duodenum
A) Withhold all oral intake except water
B) Insert a nasogastric tube for decompression
C) Administer a H2-histamine blocker such as cimetidine (Tagamet)
D) Administer nutritional supplements through a feeding tube placed in the duodenum
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B. The patient with large burns often de...
Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher
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