A patient is admitted for evaluation of a bowel obstruction…
A patient is admitted for evaluation of a bowel obstruction and has a nasogastric tube placed to low intermittent suction. The physician orders arterial blood gases, and the following results are reported: pH 7.37PaCO2 33 mm HgPaO2 94 mm HgHCO3 19 mm HgSaO2 98% What is the nurse’s interpretation of these results?
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A nurse working in the intensive care unit (ICU) is receiving a patient diagnosed with late septic shock from the emergency department (ED). The nurse correlates which clinical manifestations to this stage of septic shock? Select all that apply.
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