Nur 185hondros - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Nurse admits patient to med surg unit. Resp rate of 38. Patient using chest muscles to breathe, pulse ox of 87 on room air, pink frothy sputum. What intervention would you implement first? - O2 at 2 Liters/Min Caring for pt. who is intubated and receiving mechanical ventilation. What action by the nurse would decrease the patient's incidence of developing ventilator associated pneumonia? - Put head of bed at 30-45 degrees. The nurse is administering acetylcysteine (muca-mist) as nebulizer...