Upon entering the room of a patient who has just returned from surgery for total laryngectomy and radical neck dissection, a nurse should recognize a need for intervention when finding
A. a gastrostomy tube that is clamped.
B. the patient coughing blood-tinged secretions from the tracheostomy.
C. the patient positioned in a lateral position with the head of the bed flat.
D. 200 ml of serosanguineous drainage in the patient's portable drainage device.
Ans: C. the patient positioned in a lateral position with the head of the bed flat.
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