A 35-year-old male weighing 92 kg is brought to the ED after…
A 35-year-old male weighing 92 kg is brought to the ED after being pulled from a house fire. He has deep partial-thickness burns to the anterior trunk (18%), posterior trunk (18%), and entire right leg (18%). He is confused with singed nasal hair and carbonaceous sputum. His SpO2 reads 98%. Eight hours after admission, the patient’s urine output over the past 2 hours is 41 mL total. The nurse should:
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A 32-year-old male presents to the HIV clinic for a follow-up appointment. He was diagnosed with HIV 2 years ago and has been on ART with tenofovir AF/emtricitabine/bictegravir (Biktarvy). His current CD4+ count is 620 cells/uL and his viral load is undetectable. He tells the nurse, Since my viral load is undetectable, I think I can stop taking my medication. He also reports that he recently started taking St. John’s Wort for mild depression and asks if he still needs to use condoms with his partner. Which patient statement requires the most immediate nursing intervention?
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