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NCLEX-RN · Question #420
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Question
A postoperative TURP client is ordered continuous bladder irrigations. Later in the evening on the first postoperative day, he complains of increasing suprapubic pain. When assessing the client, the nurse notes diminished flow of bloody urine and several large blood clots in the drainage tubing. Which one of the following should be the initial nursing intervention?
Options
- ACall the physician about the problem.
- BIrrigate the Foley catheter.
- CChange the Foley catheter.
- DAdminister a prescribed narcotic analgesic.
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