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The nurse takes and records a baseline set of vital signs before beginning a blood transfusion, asks another nurse to confirm the blood (and client identity), primes the IV tubing with normal saline, and instructs the client about manifestations to report. Dextrose in water is not used to prime the IV tube.
What is gastrointestinal hemorrhage?
Heavy bleeding in the upper digestive tract, including the oesophagus (the tube connecting the mouth and stomach), the stomach, or the small intestine, is known as upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Frequently, this is a medical emergency. Hemorrhoids, peptic ulcers, rips or inflammation in the oesophagus, diverticulosis and diverticulitis, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, colonic polyps, or cancer in the colon, stomach, or oesophagus are just a few of the numerous potential reasons of GI bleeding.
The nurse takes and records a baseline set of vital signs before beginning a blood transfusion, asks another nurse to confirm the blood (and client identity), primes the IV tubing with normal saline, and instructs the client about manifestations to report. Dextrose in water is not used to prime the IV tube.
The correct options are, A, B, D and ,E
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The complete question is,
A client has a gastrointestinal hemorrhage and is prescribed two units of packed red blood cells. What actions should the nurse perform prior to hanging the blood? (Select all that apply.)
a. Ask a second nurse to double-check the blood.
b. Prime the IV tubing with normal saline.
c. Prime the IV tubing with dextrose in water.
d. Take and record a set of vital signs.
e. Teach the client about reaction manifestations.
