Nur1100 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

FINAL 1-A nurse admits a client from the emergency department. Client data are listed below: History Physical Assessment Laboratory Values 70 years of age Crackles and rhonchi heard WBC: 15,200/mm3 History of diabetes throughout the left lung PaO2 on room air 70 On insulin twice a day Dullness to percussion mm Hg Reports new-onset dyspnea Febrile Glucose: 250 mg/mL and productive cough Oriented to person only BUN: 26 mg/mL After reviewing the physician orders, what action by the nurse is the pri...