vSim Stan Checketts
What are you on alert for with this patient? (Signs & Symptom 1. Abdominal distention 2. Vomiting 3. Dehydration What Assessments will focus on for this patient? (How will I identify the above signs and symptoms?) 1. Visually inspect the patient’s abdomen for distention. Auscultate for bowel sounds then light and deep palpation 2. Ask the patient if they had emesis recently and to describe the characteristics 3. Check the patients skin turgor, and labs such as serum electrolytes, blood urea nitrogen, serum osmolality, and urine osmolality
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