A dehydrated client quickly receives a liter of intravenous fluid infusion to increase circulating blood volume.The nurse would expect which changes in the client's vital signs?

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When a dehydrated client quickly receives a liter of intravenous fluid infusion to increase circulating blood volume, it is expected that the blood pressure will increase. Therefore, option D is the best choice. The other options are not expected changes in vital signs after an intravenous fluid infusion. A decrease in respiratory rate from 20 breaths/min to 12 breaths/min is not expected since it is an abnormally low respiratory rate. A blood pressure decrease from 180/100 to 90/60 is not expected because a liter of intravenous fluid would increase the circulating volume and therefore increase the blood pressure. A pulse increase from 75 beats/min to 120 beats per minute is not expected and may indicate an adverse reaction to the fluid infusion.

A Dehydrated Client Quickly Receives a Liter of Intravenous Fluid