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Question 1 of 5

A client is hyperventilating due to an acute psychologic stressor. The arterial blood gas results show that the client is in respiratory alkalosis. What is the nurse's initial intervention?

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: The correct initial intervention is to assist the client in slowed breathing techniques (
Choice
C). This helps to decrease the respiratory rate and normalize the client's blood pH by reducing the amount of carbon dioxide exhaled. Administering an intravenous sedative (
Choice
A) may further depress the client's respiratory drive. Assessing for seizure activity (
Choice
B) is not the priority as hyperventilation is likely due to the psychologic stressor. Checking the client's blood pressure (
Choice
D) is important but not the initial intervention for respiratory alkalosis.

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