SugarPlum has been hospitalized for 24 hours. You start you…
SugarPlum has been hospitalized for 24 hours. You start your shift and look at her chart. You note her respiratory rate was 48bpm with an increased effort at 10am (taken right after her walk) and now it is 50bpm, with an abdominal component to her breathing (11am- 1 hour later and she hasn’t been out of her cage since the 10am walk). Which TE does this physical exam finding relate to? What is a relevant expected outcome for the TE you picked? What part of the nursing process are we in? Have we met the desired outcome in ‘2’? Do you think our interventions are working?
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