A patient with pancreatitis is NPO. The patient asks the nurse why he is unable to have anything by mouth. Which of the following is the best response?
a. "Diagnostic tests depend on you not eating anything."
b. "The pancreas is stimulated whenever you eat or drink, and causes pain."
c. "Eating causes the need for a bowel movement, which excretes your medication too rapidly."
d. "Resting your GI tract will cure your pancreatitis."
ANS: B
Food and fluids are withheld to avoid stimulating pancreatic activity, and IV fluids are administered.
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