The nurse checking a client's laboratory results notes that the client has respiratory alkalosis. Which of the following is a recommended nursing intervention for this condition?
A) Administering oxygen
B) Breathing into a paper bag
C) Administering bicarbonate
D) IV infusion of lactated Ringer's solution
B
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Interventions for respiratory alkalosis may involve the client using a rebreathing mask or breathing into a paper bag so that he or she will rebreathe his or her own CO2, thus replacing the CO2 needed by the body. Oxygen would be used for respiratory acidosis. Lactated Ringer's solution and bicarbonate may be ordered for metabolic acidosis.
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