The provider prescribes a pulmonary artery occlusive pressure reading (PAOP) for a patient being monitored with a pulmonary artery catheter.Immediately after obtaining an occlusive pressure,the nurse notes the change in waveform indicated on the strip below.What are the best actions by the nurse? 
Figure from Geiter H,Jr.: Swan-Ganz Catheters.http://www.nurse411.com.Accessed April 2012.
A) Turn the patient to the left side; obtain a stat portable chest x-ray.
B) Place the patient supine; repeat zero referencing of the system.
C) Document the wedge pressure; continue to monitor the patient.
D) Perform an immediate dynamic response test; obtain a chest x-ray.
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