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A Patient Returns to the Surgical Nursing Unit Following a Vertical

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A patient returns to the surgical nursing unit following a vertical banded gastroplasty with a nasogastric tube to low, intermittent suction and a PCA machine for pain control. During the postoperative care of the patient, the nurse recognizes the need to


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