A nursing priority for a patient with GI hemorrhage is
a. positioning the patient in a high-Fowler position.
b. airway protection.
c. irrigating the nasogastric tube with iced saline.
d. maintaining venous access so that fluids and blood can be administered.
D
Priorities in the medical management of a patient with gastrointestinal hemorrhage include airway protection, fluid resuscitation to achieve hemodynamic stability, correction of co-morbid conditions (e.g., coagulopathy), therapeutic procedures to control or stop bleeding, and diagnostic procedures to determine the exact cause of the bleeding.
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