When caring for a client with acute respiratory failure, the nurse should expect to focus on resolving which set of problems?

When caring for a client with acute respiratory failure, the nurse should expect to focus on resolving which set of problems?


a) Hyperventilation, hypertension, and hypocapnia
b) Hypercapnia, hypoventilation, and hypoxemia
c) Hypotension, hyperoxemia, and hypercapnia
d) Hyperoxemia, hypocapnia, and hyperventilation


Answer: b) Hypercapnia, hypoventilation, and hypoxemia


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