Which Collaborative Interventions Will Help Prevent Paralytic Ileus in a Patient

question 11

Multiple Choice

Which collaborative interventions will help prevent paralytic ileus in a patient who underwent right hemicolectomy for colon cancer?

• A) Administer morphine 4 mg intravenously every 2 hours for pain.
• B) Administer IV fluids at 125 mL/hr.
• C) Insert an indwelling urinary catheter to monitor I&O.
• D) Keep the patient NPO until bowel sounds return.

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Definitions:

Deposition

The process by which sediments, soil, and rocks are added to a landform or land mass, often through the action of wind, ice, and water.

Uplift

The process of the Earth's surface rising due to natural geological processes, such as tectonic plate movements.

Crystallize

The process of formation of a solid crystal from a solution, melt, or more rarely from a gas.

Metamorphism

The process by which the composition or structure of rocks is changed by heat and pressure over geological time.