A Patient Returns to the Medical Unit After a Pulmonary

question 34

Multiple Choice

A patient returns to the medical unit after a pulmonary angiogram. Which of the following instructions by the nurse would help prevent complications from the test?

• A)"Don't eat or drink anything for 6 hours after the test because your gag reflex may not be intact."
• B)"Try not to cough for 6 hours because this could cause irritation and bleeding."
• C)"Stay in Fowler's position to help excrete the radioactive gas."
• D)"Lie flat for 8 hours so the injection site does not bleed."

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