You are performing an abdominal assessment on a postoperative patient. You are auscultating the bowel sounds in 4 quadrants and are having difficulty hearing them. The patient becomes restless and wants to know what is taking so long. What is your best response to this patient?
“I’m sorry but this may take me up to 30 minutes to hear all of the bowel sounds.”
“I’m having difficulty hearing your bowel sounds, but it won’t take longer than 5 minutes.”
“I’m trying to hear your food digest, but I’ll need to notify the doctor because they are too slow.”
“I may need to listen for up to 5 minutes in each quadrant, and will notify the doctor if I’m unable to hear the bowel sounds.”
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