When an older adult patient with chronic emphysema comes to the emergency department in respiratory distress, the nurse should begin O2 per nasal cannula at:
a. 2 L/min.
b. 2.5 L/min.
c. 3 L/min.
d. 4 L/min.
A
Administering O2 at more than 2 liters per minute to a person with chronic pulmonary disease may cause respiratory failure.
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