A Patient Who Has Respiratory Failure and Is Receiving Mechanical

A patient who has respiratory failure and is receiving mechanical ventilation has a nursing diagnosis of risk for injury related to asynchrony with the ventilator secondary to anxiety. The nurse's first action should be to

A) verbally coach the patient to breathe with the ventilator.
B) sedate the patient with the ordered PRN lorazepam (Ativan) .
C) ventilate the patient with a manual resuscitation bag.
D) increase the rate for the ordered propofol (Diprivan) infusion.

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