The Nurse Answers a Client's Emergency Call Light, Which Is

question 19

Multiple Choice

The nurse answers a client's emergency call light, which is activated from the client's bathroom.The nurse discovers pinkish-gray organs protruding from the bottom of an abdominal dressing.Which action does the nurse take first?

• A)Get the client to bed and place in a semi-Fowler position with knees bent.
• B)Call the physician and report the client has an incisional evisceration.
• C)Cover the eviscerated organs with sterile dressings soaked in sterile saline.
• D)Make the client NPO in anticipation of surgery to close the open suture line.

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Proximity to Market

The closeness of a business or production site to its buyers or consumers, which can reduce transportation costs and improve supply chain efficiency.