A ventilator-dependent patient has been in a coma for several weeks. Which finding would the nurse evaluate as indicating there is possibility of reversing this coma state?
1. Testing indicates that the patient has brain function.
2. The patient has clear breath sounds with no indications of pneumonia.
3. The patient cardiac rhythm strip reveals normal sinus rhythm.
4. The patient's urinary output has remained adequate throughout the coma state.
Answer: 1
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