After receiving an injection of penicillin, the patient undergoes an anaphylactic reaction. The nurse should immediately:
1. administer oxygen.
2. prepare fluids to combat shock.
3. notify the charge nurse.
4. cover with several blankets.
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The first intervention should be to supply oxygen. Notification of the charge nurse and the administration of fluids to combat hypovolemia will come afterward. Covering with blan-kets would increase the vasodilation and increase the shock.
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