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?
A) Inflating the pressure bag to 300 mmHg
B) Infusing a vasoactive drug through the proximal injectate port
C) Obtaining a pulmonary artery wedge pressure reading through the distal port
D) Using iced normal saline to obtain a cardiac output
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Q1: The nurse is caring for a patient
Q3: Which nursing actions are necessary to collect
Q4: A patient who has a pulmonary artery
Q5: A patient is being prepared for impedance
Q6: While assisting with insertion of a central
Q7: The nurse is performing an assessment on
Q8: While caring for a patient being hemodynamically
Q9: A patient is admitted to the emergency
Q10: The nurse is assessing a patient's arterial
Q11: A patient is admitted for evaluation of
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