ATI RN
ATI RN Pharmacology 2019 I Questions
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Question 1 of 5
A nurse is assessing a client who has septic shock and is receiving dopamine by continuous IV infusion. Which of the following findings indicates that the nurse should increase the rate of infusion?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The correct answer is A: Hypotension. In septic shock, hypotension is a sign of inadequate tissue perfusion and indicates the need to increase the dopamine infusion rate to help improve blood pressure. Extravasation (
B) refers to the leakage of IV medication into surrounding tissues and does not directly indicate a need to increase the infusion rate. Headache (
C) and chest pain (
D) are nonspecific symptoms that do not specifically indicate the need to increase dopamine infusion.
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