[Solved]: A patient with a history of peptic ulcer disease…

A patient with a history of peptic ulcer disease has presented to the emergency department with complaints of severe abdominal pain and a rigid, boardlike abdomen, prompting the health care team to suspect a perforated ulcer. Which of the following actions should the nurse anticipate? Question 8 options: Administering oral bicarbonate and testing the patient’s gastric pH level Starting parenteral nutrition and placing the patient in a high-Fowler’s position Performing a fecal occult blood test and administering IV calcium gluconate Providing IV fluids and inserting a nasogastric tube