Nursing care for a client in hypovolemic shock caused by trauma should include
A) giving narcotics for pain relief.
B) maintaining a cool environment.
C) placing the client in Trendelenburg position.
D) providing nasogastric suctioning.

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An early physiologic response to shock is a decrease in splanchnic circulation. This reduces blood supply to the stomach and bowel, causing inadequate gastrointestinal tissue perfusion and delayed gastric emptying; thus vomiting with aspiration of gastric contents into the lungs may occur. For this reason and for diagnostic purposes, nasogastric suction is often used during treatment of shock.

Nursing Care for a Client in Hypovolemic Shock Caused by Trauma