What is the appropriate nursing action? A client with a new stoma who has not had a bowel movement since surgery last week reports feeling nauseous.

After assessing the stoma and surrounding skin. notify the surgeon.

The client has assessment findings consistent with complications of surgery. Option A: irrigating the stoma is a dependent nursing action. and is also intervention without appropriate assessment. Option C: assessing the peristomal skin area is an independent action. but administering an antiemetic is an intervention without appropriate assessment. antiemetics are generally ordered to treat immediate postoperative nausea. not several days postoperative. Option D: administering a bulk forming laxative to a nauseated postoperative client is contraindicated