medium · NCLEX-RN risk-reduction
A client is scheduled for an MRI of the heart. The nurse recognizes the client has several small, hemostatic clips from a gallbladder surgery 10 years ago.
What is the most appropriate nursing action?
- Cancel the MRI immediately and notify the surgeon of the retained metal
- Note the history and proceed, as abdominal surgical clips are typically well-anchored and non-ferromagnetic
- Apply a tight abdominal binder to prevent the clips from migrating toward the heart, at this point in care.
- Obtain an abdominal X-ray to determine the exact number of clips present, for this client, in this situation.
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