The nurse caring for a patient with general sepsis should notify the charge nurse immediately of the patient's:
a. increased lethargy.
b. coughing.
c. elevated blood pressure.
d. cloudy urine.
A
Increasing lethargy is an indicator of impending septic shock. Coughing and cloudy urine are not signs of impending septic shock. Decreased rather than increased blood pressure would indicate impending septic shock.
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