When an older adult patient with chronic emphysema comes to the emergency department in respiratory distress, at what rate should the nurse begin oxygen per nasal cannula?
a. 2 L/min
b. 3 L/min
c. 4 L/min
d. 5 L/min
ANS: A
Administering O2 at more than 2 L/min to a person with chronic pulmonary disease may
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