The nurse is assessing a client with a body cast.Which assessment finding indicates a complication that must be reported to the health care provider?

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The client in a body cast is monitored for cast syndrome,which results in intestinal obstruction.Vomiting after meals may indicate that this is occurring.Bowel sounds might be "normal" with this condition.The rest of the assessments are not related to cast syndrome.

The Nurse Is Assessing a Client with a Body Cast