SCENARIOUse this scenario to answer the following question(s).Your patient is a 78-year-old woman whose breathing is labored and audible. She is pale but conscious. Her son tells you that she went to the doctor that morning, was diagnosed with pneumonia, and has a prescription for antibiotics, but that a few hours later she appeared to take a turn for the worse.Because of her pneumonia, your patient may have an inadequate amount of oxygen in her blood. To test this, you place her finger into a pulse oximeter. The normal range for oxygen saturation is:
A. 54% to 70%.
B. 89% to 93%.
C. 75% to 85%.
D. 94% to 99%.
Answer: D
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