A patient who has respiratory failure and is receiving mechanical ventilation has a nursing diagnosis of risk for injury related to asynchrony with the ventilator secondary to anxiety. The nurse's first action should be to

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The initial response by the nurse should be to try to decrease the patient's anxiety because anxiety is the major contributing factor placing the patient at risk for injury. The other actions may also be helpful if the verbal coaching is ineffective in reducing the patient's anxiety.

A Patient Who Has Respiratory Failure and Is Receiving Mechanical