Multiple Choice
When the nurse is caring for a patient on the first postoperative day after an abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, which assessment finding is most important to communicate to the health care provider?
A) Absence of flatus
B) Loose, bloody stools
C) Hypotonic bowel sounds
D) Abdominal pain with palpation
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