A patient who has been on CAPD for 8 months is hospitalized with a detached retina.She is receiving CAPD with four exchanges a day while she is hospitalized.During the dialysate inflow,the patient tells the nurse that she is having abdominal pain and pain in her right shoulder.What should the nurse do?
A) Massage the patient's abdomen.
B) Decrease the rate of dialysate infusion.
C) Stop the infusion and notify the physician.
D) Ask the patient whether she can empty her bowel.
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