A nurse is caring for a female client in the emergency department who reports
shortness of breath and pain in the lung area. She states that she started taking
birth control pills 3 weeks ago and that she smokes. Her heart rate is 110/min,
respiratory rate 40/min, and blood pressure 140/80 mm...
The client has an increased respiratory rate and heart rate, indicating that she is
having respiratory difficulty. The sucking chest wound indicates the client has a
pneumothorax and/or a hemothorax. Administering oxygen will increase the
oxygen exchange in the lungs and the oxygen available to the tissues.
A nurse is caring for a client whose arterial blood gas results show a pH of 7.3 and
a PaCO2 of 50 mm Hg. The nurse should identify that the client is experiencing
which of the following acidbase imbalances?
✓ :~~ Respiratory alkalosis
With uncompensated respiratory acidosis, the pH is less than 7.35 and the PaCO2 is
greater than 45 mm Hg.
A client admitted to the hospital for evaluation of chest pain has no abnormal
serum cardiac markers 4 hours after the onset of pain. What noninvasive diagnostic
test can be used to differentiate angina from other types of chest pain?
✓ :~~ Exercise stress test
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