A living organ donor is 1 hour postoperative after donating a kidney. The critical care nurse caring for the patient notes that the patient is clammy and pale. The nurse knows the patient is exhibiting symptoms of what?
A) Urinary retention
B) Shock
C) Increased blood pressure
D) Normal symptoms of anesthetic administration
Ans: B
Feedback: Because the kidney is a highly vascular organ, hemorrhage and shock are the chief complications of renal surgery. Fluid and blood component replacement is frequently necessary in the immediate postoperative period to treat intraoperative blood loss. Urinary retention, increased blood pressure, and normal symptoms of anesthetic administration are not normal postoperative symptoms.
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