Howard reeves preop chole Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

The patient is a 67-year-old male who was admitted to the Medical-Surgical Unit for monitoring prior to undergoing an open cholecystectomy tomorrow morning. His wife is at the bedside. The patient’s bowel sounds are hypoactive and his abdomen is firm and painful to light palpation. He complains of abdominal pain radiating to the right shoulder, fever and episodes of nausea and vomiting. He states his abdomen feels full and is requesting “something for pain.” He rates his pain as 6 out ...