Michelle is a 27-year-old model who has just undergone a subtotal gastrectomy. Immediately after the procedure, she was brought to the post-anesthesia care unit. A clinical specialist nurse who is assigned to Michelle noticed that there are small blood clots in the gastric drainage. What would be the nurse's initial action?
A) Nothing. This is just a normal event.
B) Instill the tube utilizing a normal saline
C) Alert the physician about the finding
D) Immediately clamp the tube
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