A Patient Returned from a Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication for Hiatal

question 32

Multiple Choice

A patient returned from a laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication for hiatal hernia 4 hours ago. Which assessment finding is most important for the nurse to address immediately?

• A)The patient is experiencing intermittent waves of nausea.
• B)The patient has no breath sounds in the left anterior chest.
• C)The patient complains of 7/10 (0 to 10 scale) abdominal pain.
• D)The patient has hypoactive bowel sounds in all four quadrants.

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Definitions:

Type I Error

The mistake of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is actually true.

Null Hypothesis

The default hypothesis that there is no effect or no difference, and any observed effect is due to sampling variability.

Type I Error

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is actually true, also known as a false positive.

Type II Error

A statistical mistake of failing to reject a false null hypothesis; also known as a false negative.