The nurse is dangling a patient with an abdominal incision, when the incision suddenly eviscerates. What action should the nurse take after positioning the patient supine with flexed knees?

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The nurse should immediately cover the exposed organs with sterile saline-moistened dressings to prevent infection and cover them until surgery can be performed. Applying an abdominal binder or administering pain medication would not address the evisceration and could even exacerbate it, and cleansing the abdomen could introduce further contaminants.

The Nurse Is Dangling a Patient with an Abdominal Incision