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The nurse is constructing a nursing care plan for a client post-operative open cholecystectomy. Which nursing diagnosis would be the priority for this client?

ExplanationAirway clearance is the priority. After gallbladder surgery, clients can have respiratory problems because the location of the incision is in the proximity of the diaphragm. Answers B, C, and D can also occur but are not the priority.