The nurse is caring for a patient hospitalized for pelvic inflammatory disease. Which nursing intervention would have priority?
1. Encourage oral fluids.
2. Administer cefotetan IV.
3. Enforce bed rest.
4. Remove IUD, if present.
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Rationale 1: Encouraging oral fluids is not a priority.
Rationale 2: Administration of medications to treat the disease is the first priority.
Rationale 3: Bed rest is not a priority.
Rationale 4: Removal of the IUD is not a nursing intervention.
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