A Patient with a Chronic Cough with Blood-Tinged Sputum Undergoes

A patient with a chronic cough with blood-tinged sputum undergoes a bronchoscopy.Following the bronchoscopy,what should the nurse do?

A) Keep the patient on bed rest for 8 hours.
B) Keep the patient on nothing by mouth (NPO) status until the gag reflex returns.
C) Check vital signs every 15 minutes for 2 hours.
D) Encourage fluid intake to promote elimination of the contrast media.