Mr, Owen is a 62-year-old man underwent a neck dissection yesterday due to cance

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Mr, Owen is a 62-year-old man underwent a neck dissection yesterday due to cancer of the mouth. You are the nurse assigned to care for Mr. Owens during his first postoperative day. Initial assessment finds Mr. Owens sitting up in bed: he is drowsy, but not appear to be in respiratory distress. His respiratory rate is 16 to 18, and his oxygen saturation is 96% on 40% oxygen via face tent. He has two peripheral IV lines both infusing Lactated Ringer's solution at 75 ml/hr. Two Jackson Pratt drainage tubes are partially filled with serosanguinous drainage, (Learning Objective 5)

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Answer:- RATIONALE FOR THE PATIENT BEING IN FOWLER POSITION:-
-Decrease swelling
-promote lymphatic drainage
-decrease venous pressure
-decrease pain.

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