The nurse is caring for a client with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)who is receiving mechanical ventilation and positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP).The alarm sounds,indicating decreased pressure in the system.What is the nurse's best action?

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One of the biggest risks in the client with ARDS on mechanical ventilation with PEEP is tension pneumothorax.The nurse needs to assess lung sounds hourly.The alarms on a ventilator should never be turned off.If the client needed to be suctioned,the high-pressure alarm would sound.Changing the client's position would not change the pressure needed to administer a breath.

The Nurse Is Caring for a Client with Acute Respiratory