The intensive care unit (ICU) nurse educator will determine that teaching about arterial pressure monitoring for a new staff nurse has been effective when the nurse
A) balances and calibrates the monitoring equipment every 2 hours.
B) positions the zero-reference stopcock line level with the phlebostatic axis.
C) ensures that the patient is supine with the head of the bed flat for all readings.
D) rechecks the location of the phlebostatic axis when changing the patient's position.
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