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A Perioperative Nurse Is Caring for a Postoperative Patient

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A perioperative nurse is caring for a postoperative patient. The patient has a shallow respiratory pattern and is reluctant to cough or to begin mobilizing. The nurse should address the patients increased risk for what complication?


A) Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
B) Atelectasis
C) Aspiration
D) Pulmonary embolism

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