Multiple Choice
The nurse is admitting a client with cholelithiasis and acute cholecystitis. Suddenly, the client vomits 250 mL of greenish-yellow stomach contents and reports severe pain in the right upper quadrant with radiation to the right shoulder. Which intervention would have the highest priority?
A) Administer promethazine 25 mg suppository
B) Infuse normal saline 100 mL/hour
C) Insert nasogastric tube to low suction
D) Maintain nothing-by-mouth (NPO) status
Correct Answer:
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