A patient with multiple injuries from a motor vehicle accident was recently moved into a semiprivate room in an acute rehabilitative unit (ARU) away from the main campus of the hospital
Three days after the move, the patient developed a cardiac complication and was in need of intravenous medications and cardiac monitoring. In order for the patient to receive the care that he needs, the nurse will
A) move the patient into a private room in the ARU and begin the intravenous medications and cardiac monitoring.
B) ask the family to provide a private nurse to administer the IV medications and monitor cardiac function.
C) prepare for the patient to be transferred into the acute care hospital.
D) start intravenous fluids and connect the patient to the cardiac monitor in the patient's room.
C
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