Nursing Interventions: Instestinal Obstruction Allow the patient nothing by mouth, as ordered. Insert a nasogastric tube to decompress the bowel as ordered. Begin and maintain I.V. therapy as ordered. Administer analgesics, broad spectrum antibiotics, and other medication, as ordered. Keep the patient in semi-Fowler’s or Fowler’s position as much as possible to promote pulmonary ventilation. […]