A Patient Is Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit for Congestive

question 7

Short Answer

A patient is admitted to the intensive care unit for congestive heart failure. Using the situation-background-assessment-recommendation (SBAR) format, put the following statements in the order in which the nurse should report changes to the health care team.
A) Our patient was admitted 2 days ago with heart failure and has been receiving furosemide (Lasix) for diuresis, but his urine output has been low.
B) I think that our patient needs to be evaluated immediately and may need intubation and mechanical ventilation.
C) This is the nurse on the surgical unit. I am calling about our patient in room 3. After assessing him, I am very concerned about his shortness of breath.
D) Today, our patient has crackles audible throughout the posterior chest and his O₂ saturation is 89%. His condition is very unstable.

• A) Our patient was admitted 2 days ago with heart failure and has been receiving furosemide (Lasix) for diuresis, but his urine output has been low.
• B) I think that our patient needs to be evaluated immediately and may need intubation and mechanical ventilation.
• C) This is the nurse on the surgical unit. I am calling about our patient in room 3. After assessing him, I am very concerned about his shortness of breath.
• D) Today, our patient has crackles audible throughout the posterior chest and his O₂ saturation is 89%. His condition is very unstable.

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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, a network management protocol used to automate the process of configuring devices on IP networks, assigning unique IP addresses to each device.