A nurse is caring for a patient who is receiving mechanical ventilation. The patient is exhibiting signs of respiratory distress. What is the priority intervention?

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A nurse is caring for a patient who is receiving mechanical ventilation. The patient is exhibiting signs of respiratory distress. What is the priority intervention?

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 2 of 5

A nurse is caring for a patient with a history of diabetes. The patient is complaining of blurry vision. What is the priority action?

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 3 of 5

A patient with acute dyspnea is scheduled for a spiral computed tomography (CT) scan. Which information obtained by the nurse is a priority to communicate to the health care provider before the CT?

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 4 of 5

Which patient in the ear, nose, and throat (ENT) clinic should the nurse assess first?

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

Question 5 of 5

The nurse supervises a student nurse who is assigned to take care of a patient with active tuberculosis (TB). Which action, if performed by the student nurse, would require an intervention by the nurse?

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.

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