During Recovery from Anesthesia in the PACU, a Patient's Vital

question 4

Multiple Choice

During recovery from anesthesia in the PACU, a patient's vital signs for the past hour have been blood pressure 112/82, 110/82, 112/80, 114/82; pulse 76, 78, 78, 80; and respirations 22, 24, 24, 26; her SpO₂ is 90%. The patient is sleepy but awakens easily and is oriented when spoken to. Her surgical dressing is dry and intact. The most appropriate action by the nurse is to

• A) place the patient in a side-lying position.
• B) encourage the patient to take deep breaths.
• C) decrease the rate of the postoperative IV fluids.
• D) prepare to transfer the patient from the PACU.

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Definitions:

Conjuncts

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Contingencies

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Disjunct

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Disjunction

A logical operation yielding true if at least one of its operands (propositions) is true.