The preceptor nurse is assisting a newly hired nurse with completion of hemodynamic assessment using a pulmonary artery catheter. Which action would require the preceptor to intervene?
1. Inflating the pressure bag to 300 mmHg
2. Infusing a vasoactive drug through the proximal injectate port
3. Obtaining a pulmonary artery wedge pressure reading through the distal port
4. Using iced normal saline to obtain a cardiac output
Answer: 2
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