Your Protocol Reads: "O₂ Via NC Prn If Asymptomatic for CP

question 14

Multiple Choice

Your protocol reads: "O₂ via NC prn if asymptomatic for CP / SOB and SpO₂ >97%." To follow this order, you should do which one of the following?

• A) Call medical command to administer oxygen if the pulse oximeter reading is above 97%.
• B) Consider oxygen for a patient complaining of a runny nose and SpO₂ at 98%.
• C) Administer oxygen via face mask if the patient denies a complaint and has a pulse oximeter reading of 98%.
• D) Administer oxygen through a nasal cannula at three liters per minute if the pulse oximeter reads 96%.

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