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    LPN Fundamentals Proctored Exam (basic Nursing)

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    Question: 1 of 50Lpn fundamentals proctored exam (basic nursing)
    A post-surgical patient reports feeling a "pop" in their surgical wound to the nurse. The nurse noted pinkish drainage on the client's dressing. Upon assessment, the nurse noted a protruding bowel loop. What should be the nurse's immediate action?
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    A. Leave the room and notify the nursing supervisor: Leaving the patient delays immediate wound protection and would abandon a patient with an acute surgical emergency; the priority is to protect exposed viscera and get help. B. Treat the evisceration by covering area with sterile gauze pad soaked with sterile saline: Covering the exposed bowel with sterile, saline-moistened dressings reduces contamination, prevents tissue drying, and is the immediate priority while calling the surgeon/rapid response and keeping the patient NPO and supine. C. Notify the patient's family: Informing family is important later, but it is not the immediate clinical action; stabilize and protect the patient first. D. Instruct her to cough and deep breathe: Coughing increases intra-abdominal pressure and can worsen evisceration - this should be avoided.
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