Owen is a 62-year-old man underwent a neck dissection

1. 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)

a. What is the rational for the patient being placed in Fowler's position after surgery?

b. The nurse notes that there has been 240 ml output in the drainage tubes during the first 24 hours after the surgical procedure. What should the nurse do?

c. Postoperative, the nurse identifies that the patient is at risk for imbalanced nutrition, less than body requirements to anorexia and dysphagia. The