The nurse working in an intensive care unit is alert to the development of acute lung injury (ALI)/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).The nurse would monitor which patients most closely for this complication? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Select all that apply.
A)A patient who sustained a severe chest contusion.
B)A patient hospitalized for treatment of drug overdose.
C)A patient who sustained severe head trauma.
D)A patient hospitalized for treatment of pneumonia.
E)A patient diagnosed with sepsis.

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The Answer of The nurse working in an intensive care unit is alert to the development of acute lung injury (ALI)/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).The nurse would monitor which patients most closely for this complication? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Select all that apply.
A)A patient who sustained a severe chest contusion.
B)A patient hospitalized for treatment of drug overdose.
C)A patient who sustained severe head trauma.
D)A patient hospitalized for treatment of pneumonia.
E)A patient diagnosed with sepsis.

The Nurse Working in an Intensive Care Unit Is Alert