The nurse is checks the gastric pH and provides antacids as prescribed to a patient recovering from a motor vehicle crash. What is the nurse attempting to prevent by these interventions?
a. Shock
b. Stress ulcers
c. Malnutrition
d. Metabolic acidosis
ANS: B
Critically ill patients may develop gastric or small intestinal stress ulcers from ischemia. The stress response to the illness causes reduced blood flow to the stomach and small intestine. A. C. D. These interventions are not done to prevent the development of shock, malnutrition, or metabolic acidosis.
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