The oxygen saturation on a client with acute infective bronchitis drops to 84%, and he develops severe dyspnea
There is a standing order for a handheld nebulizer (HHN) treatment PRN for shortness of breath, and respiratory therapy is designated to give all respiratory treatments in the facility. When the nurse calls the respiratory therapist, he states that he has several more treat-ments to give and should be there in 10 or 15 minutes. Select the action by the nurse that would be most appropriate at this time.
a. Increase the flow rate of the client's oxy-gen until the respiratory therapist can ar-rive.
b. Call the respiratory therapist back and in-sist that he come NOW.
c. Go ahead and give the HHN treatment by herself.
d. Give the client a prescribed PRN sedative to reduce anxiety.
C
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