Multiple Choice
The nurse caring for a patient with a 3-day postoperative bowel resection observes that the suction apparatus is not working and the patient is becoming distended.The initial implementation should be to:
A) Pull tube outward 6 inches.
B) Push tube further in 3 inches.
C) Change the patient's position.
D) Irrigate with 60 ml of normal saline.
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