A Patient Is Admitted to the Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care

A patient is admitted to the cardiac surgical intensive care unit after cardiac surgery.Four hours after admission to the surgical intensive care unit at 4 PM,the patient has stable vital signs and normal arterial blood gases (ABGs) ,and is placed on a T-piece for ventilatory weaning.The following information pertains to the 1900 assessment.
What action by the nurse is best?

A) Prepare for rapid intubation.
B) Increase the patient's oxygen.
C) Prepare to administer a diuretic.
D) Change the ventilator settings.

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