Multiple Choice
The nurse is caring for a client with shock of unknown etiology whose hemodynamic monitoring indicates BP 92/54, pulse 64, and an elevated pulmonary artery wedge pressure. Which of the following prescribed interventions should the nurse question?
A) Infuse normal saline at 250 mL/hour.
B) Keep head of bed elevated to 30 degrees.
C) Give nitroprusside unless systolic BP <90 mm Hg.
D) Administer dobutamine to keep systolic BP >90 mm Hg.
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