Perioperative Care

NCLEX-PN

Perioperative Care

Difficulty: Medium Average Score: 81% Simulated

The nurse is caring for a client who has just been admitted to the postanesthesia care unit. The client vomits. The nurse knows that the primary problem that can occur as a result of vomiting in the immediate postoperative period is which of the following?

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