A nurse is preparing to perform a digital removal of feces on a client with an impaction. The nurse checks the client's heart rate before performing the procedure and counts 88 beats per minute. The nurse begins to loosen the fecal mass and then stops the procedure to allow the client to rest. During this time the nurse checks the client's heart rate again and counts 82 beats per minute. The nurse should take which action?
A. Contact the health care provider
B. Discontinue the digital removal procedure
C. Continue the digital removal procedure
D. Wait 1 hour and then continue the digital removal procedure
Ans: C. Continue the digital removal procedure
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1. Inform the client that others have the responsibility for addressing her stress. 2. Inform the client about diet, exercise, and medications to help with her stress. 3. Remind the client that keeping a journal is not a good use of time. 4. Encourage the client to remain isolated until the stress passes.
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1. Acute respiratory distress syndrome 2. Asthma 3. Cardiogenic pulmonary edema 4. Pneumonia 5. Narcotic overdose