Daryl has an incomplete bowel obstruction secondary to metastatic ovarian cancer. She is experiencing significant abdominal pain and is vomiting fecal matter. She and her family want non-pharmacologic interventions only. Which intervention is likely to be the most effective?

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Daryl has an incomplete bowel obstruction secondary to metastatic ovarian cancer. She is experiencing significant abdominal pain and is vomiting fecal matter. She and her family want non-pharmacologic interventions only. Which intervention is likely to be the most effective?