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A 58-Year-Old Man with Blunt Abdominal Trauma from a Motor

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A 58-year-old man with blunt abdominal trauma from a motor vehicle crash undergoes peritoneal lavage.If the lavage returns brown fecal drainage,which action will the nurse plan to take next?


A) Auscultate the bowel sounds.
B) Prepare the patient for surgery.
C) Check the patient's oral temperature.
D) Obtain information about the accident.

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