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Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher

Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783
book Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher cover

Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher

Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783
Exercise 13
While assessing a patient in the PACU, the nurse finds that the patient's blood pressure is below the preoperative baseline.The nurse determines that the patient has residual vasodilating effects of anesthesia when what is assessed?
A) A urinary output >30 mL/hr
B) An oxygen saturation of 88%
C) A normal pulse with warm, dry, pink skin
D) A narrowing pulse pressure with normal pulse
Explanation
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C. Hypotension with normal pulse and ski...

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