A patient underwent an appendectomy 48 hours ago. Receiving shift-to-shift reports on this patient, the nurses realizes that the urine output from his indwelling catheter is 500 mL total for the past 10 hours. What is the correct nursing intervention in response to this finding? Answers: A -D A No intervention is required; the output is within normal B Notify the physician; the output is too low. C Replace the indwelling catheter. D Encourage fluids to increase urine output over the next 8 hours.
[Solved]: A patient underwent an appendectomy 48 hours ago
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