The nurse is doing an assessment of a patient who has returned from a cardiac catheteriza-tion and had conscious sedation. The nurse should report which of the following findings?
1. Patient is difficult to arouse
2. Blood pressure of 124/72
3. Oxygen saturation of 96%
4. Patient complains of needing to void
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Conscious sedation uses intravenous drugs to reduce pain intensity or awareness without loss of reflexes. A complication may be excessive sedation approaching that of general an-esthesia. The patient should be easily aroused.
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