What is best for a nurse to offer when encouraging a new patient after a tonsillectomy to increase fluids?
a. Chilled citrus juices
b. Tap water sipped through a straw
c. Flavored popsicles to suck
d. Ice cubes
C
Flavored popsicles provide fluid and cold applications to the surgical area. Citrus juices, the use of a straw, and ice cubes have the potential to injure the operative site.
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a. decreased left atrial tension. b. decreased systemic vascular resistance. c. increased filling pressures. d. decreased cardiac output.
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