A nurse is caring for a patient who is receiving long-term PN via a central line. At noon, the nurse hangs new PN and lipids. Twenty minutes later the nurse enters the room to find the patient dusky, tachycardic, short of breath, anxious and complaining of chest pain. The nurse's priority intervention would be which of the following?

A nurse is caring for a patient who is receiving long-term PN via a central line. At noon, the nurse hangs new PN and lipids. Twenty minutes later the nurse enters the room to find the patient dusky, tachycardic, short of breath, anxious and complaining of chest pain. The nurse's priority intervention would be which of the following?

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A nurse is caring for a patient who is receiving long-term PN via a central line. At noon, the nurse hangs new PN and lipids. Twenty minutes later the nurse enters the room to find the patient dusky, tachycardic, short of breath, anxious and complaining of chest pain. The nurse's priority intervention would be which of the following?




a. prepare patient for a chest x-ray

b. administer oxygen

c. place the patient in a left side-lying position in trendelenberg

d. check the blood glucose level



Answer: c. place the patient in a left side-lying position in trendelenberg


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