The Nurse Is Caring for a Mechanically Ventilated Patient and Notes

The nurse is caring for a mechanically ventilated patient and notes the high pressure alarm sounding.The nurse cannot quickly identify the cause of the alarm and notes the patient's oxygen saturation is decreasing and heart rate and respiratory rate are increasing.The nurse's priority action is to

A) ask the respiratory therapist to get a new ventilator.
B) call the rapid response team to assess the patient.
C) continue to find the cause of the alarm and fix it.
D) manually ventilate the patient while calling for a respiratory therapist.

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