The nurse caring for a patient recently admitted with acute pancreatitis. Which action(s) should the nurse include in the daily assessments? (select all that apply.)
a. Auscultate bowel sounds.
b. Carefully evaluate amount of food eaten each meal.
c. Measure abdominal girth.
d. Monitor for effectiveness of pain control.
e. Monitor urine output.
A, C, D, E
The nurse should auscultate bowel sounds, measure abdominal girth to monitor for ascites, mon-itor for pain and evaluate effectiveness of pain control, and monitor urine output. In early acute pancreatitis, the patient should be kept NPO; measuring food is unnecessary.
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