The nurse caring for a postsurgical urinary diversion patient will add which of the following to the postoperative assessments?
1. Level of fluid intake
2. Position on the left side
3. Keeping bed flat
4. Bowel sounds
4
The bowel is manipulated during urinary diversion surgeries and frequently leads to the pa-tient suffering a paralytic ileus.
PTS: 1 DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: 849
OBJ: 6 TOP: Urinary Diversion
KEY: Nursing Process Step: Assessment MSC: NCLEX: Physiological Integrity
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