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ATI RN Pharmacology 2023 III 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: B
Rationale: The correct answer is B: Hypotension. In septic shock, dopamine is used to increase blood pressure by improving cardiac output. If the client's blood pressure is still low despite receiving dopamine, it indicates that the current rate of infusion is not sufficient to maintain adequate perfusion. Increasing the infusion rate can help improve blood pressure and perfusion. Headache (
A), extravasation (
C), and chest pain (
D) are not direct indicators for adjusting the dopamine infusion rate in septic shock.
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