A 56 -year-old man is admitted to the emergency room with an acute attack of diverticulitis. The patient has a temperature of 102 ° F, and has an elevated white count. Which assessment would alert the nurse to impending septic shock?
a. Chest pain
b. Seizure
c. Tachycardia
d. Massive diarrhea
ANS: C
The patient with diverticulitis who has fever and an elevated white count has an infection that could lead to septic shock, which will present as tachycardia and hypotension.
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