A Patient with Pancreatitis Is NPO

question 3

Multiple Choice

A patient with pancreatitis is NPO.The patient asks the nurse why he is unable to have anything by mouth.Which of the following is the best response?

• A) "Diagnostic tests depend on you not eating anything."
• B) "The pancreas is stimulated whenever you eat or drink and causes pain."
• C) "Eating causes the need for a bowel movement,which excretes your medication too rapidly."
• D) "Resting your GI tract will cure your pancreatitis."

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