A patient with a head injury is being monitored with an intraventricular catheter. The nurse would design interventions based on which priority patient problem?
1. There is a risk the patient's brain will be injured by the catheter.
2. Presence of the catheter alters the patient's intracranial adaptation capacity.
3. The catheter is painful for the patient.
4. There is a high risk for infection related to this catheter.
Answer: 4
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