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The nurse is caring for a patient who was started on intravenous antibiotic therapy earlier in the shift. As the second dose is being infused, the patient reports feeling dizzy and having difficulty breathing and talking. The nurse notes that the patient's respirations are 26 breaths/min with a weak pulse of 112 beats/min. The nurse suspects that the patient is experiencing which condition?


Definitions:

Dramatic Increase

A significant and rapid rise in numbers, magnitude, or extent of a particular phenomenon or metric.

Kurt Lewin

is known as the father of modern social psychology, who developed theories on group dynamics and organizational development.

Force Field Analysis

A method developed by Kurt Lewin to analyze the factors that support or hinder a particular situation or desired change by identifying and evaluating driving and restraining forces.

Resisting Forces

Factors that oppose or hinder change within an organization or system, making transformation efforts challenging.

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