Apostoperative patient has a nursing diagnosis of pain related to effects of medication and decreased gi motility as evidences by abdominal pain and distension and inability to pass flatus. which nursing intervention is most appropriate for this patient?
a. ambulate the patient more frequently
b. assess the abdomen for bowel sounds
c. place the patient in high fowler's position
d. withhold opioids because they decrease bowel motility

Aresearcher lyses a cell that contains nucleic acid molecules and capsomeres of tobacco mosaic virus (tmv). the cell contents are left in a covered test tube overnight. the next day this mixture is sprayed on tobacco plants. we expect that the plants would ) develop some but not all of the symptoms of the tmv infectionb) develop the typical symptoms of tmv infectionc) not show any disease symptomsd) become infected, but the sap from these plants would be unable to infect other plants