A 58-year-old man with blunt abdominal trauma from a motor vehicle crash undergoes peritoneal lavage. If the lavage returns brown fecal drainage, which action will the nurse plan to take next?
a. Auscultate the bowel sounds.
b. Prepare the patient for surgery.
c. Check the patient's oral temperature.
d. Obtain information about the accident.
b. Prepare the patient for surgery.
Return of brown drainage and fecal material suggests perforation of the bowel and the need for immediate surgery. Auscultation of bowel sounds, checking the temperature, and obtaining information about the accident are appropriate actions, but the priority is to prepare to send the patient for emergency surgery.
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