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A patient is taking meperidine (Demerol) as needed for moderate to severe pain following an open appendectomy.

The nurse assesses the following: current pain level 2, temperature 99 F, BP 130/76, respirations 10, lung sounds clear, abdomen soft and tender, bowel sounds present. Based on this assessment information, the priority nursing diagnosis is
a. altered breathing pattern.
b. risk for altered body temperature.
c. risk for constipation.
d. pain.

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