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A Nurse Is Working in the Intensive Care Unit

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A nurse is working in the intensive care unit. When assessing the clients, the nurse notes one of them, who was scheduled to transfer to a step-down unit as soon as a bed becomes available, has a respiratory rate change from 18 to 20 breaths/min and an oxygen saturation (O2 sat) of 92%, when earlier it was 93%. The client denies complaints. The nurse calls the physician and requests a chest x-ray and arterial blood gases (ABGs) . This nurse is working at which Benner Level of Competency in Nurses?


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Health Care

Health care encompasses the services provided to maintain or improve individuals' health through prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of illness, injury, and other physical or mental impairments.

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Health insurance that is not offered by the government but by private entities, often offering more choice in healthcare providers.

Public Health Insurance

Insurance schemes funded or provided by the government to cover healthcare costs for its citizens.

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