The nurse cares for an older patient with a burn injury. Because preexisting health conditions influence how the older patient responds to the resuscitative treatment, what should be the priority when caring for this patient?

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1. This is not the immediate priority.
2. This is not the immediate priority.
3. This is not the immediate priority.
4. Based on the strategy of ABCs (airway, breathing, and circulation), fluid resuscitation is the greatest priority. The patient with heart problems must be closely monitored during fluid resuscitation, and a balance must be maintained between providing adequate resuscitation to the tissues and further stressing the heart.

The Nurse Cares for an Older Patient with a Burn