Scheduled for appendectomy

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A 10-year-old is scheduled for an appendectomy in 6 hours. The child is placed on NPO status and wants to know why he cannot have anything to eat or drink. What is the best explanation by the nurse? "Having surgery is a serious matter and we do not want you to have any complications from taking anything by mouth." "The surgeon ordered you to be NPO and we have to abide by that rule." "We cannot give you anything to eat or drink before your procedure because we do not want you to get an upset stomach." "We cannot give you anything to eat or drink because you could vomit during the procedure and aspirate."

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