A client is hospitalized for pelvic inflammatory disease. Which of the following nursing interventions would have priority?
1. Encourage oral fluids.
2. Administer cefotetan IV.
3. Enforce bedrest.
4. Remove IUD, if present.
2
Rationale:
1. Encouraging oral fluids is not a priority.
2. Administration of medications to treat the disease is priority.
3. Bedrest is not a priority.
4. Removal of the IUD is not a nursing intervention.
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