Question

A client is at postoperative day 1 after abdominal surgery. the client is receiving 0.9% normal saline at 75 ml/h, has a nasogastric tube to low wall suction with 200 ml every 8 hours of light yellow fluid, and a wound drain with 50 ml of dark red drainage every 8 hours. the 24-hour urine output total is 2430 ml. what action by the nurse is most appropriate?

Answer 1

The most appropriate action by the nurse is to assess or check for signs and symptoms of fluid volume deficit.
Fluid volume deficit sometimes occur after surgery, so the nurse should have check for the signs and symptoms for this because it can cause problems if the nurse did not check for this.