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A 37-Year-Old Physically Active Male Is Getting Dressed to Return

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A 37-year-old physically active male is getting dressed to return home from the emergency department (ED) after he experienced a large,tender bulge in his scrotum while straining at the toilet.The ED physician reduced the patient's indirect inguinal hernia and referred him to a general surgery practice for elective herniorrhaphy.The ED nurse prepared the patient for his discharge.An appropriate nursing intervention by the ED nurse would be to:


A) explain the signs and symptoms of an incarcerated hernia and appropriate action.
B) demonstrate how to reduce the hernia until he can see the surgeon.
C) provide contact information for the surgeon referral recommended by the ED physician.
D) measure him for a hernia belt to wear until his surgery is scheduled.

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