A terminally ill patient demonstrates a new onset of delirium. Which of the following can the nurse do to immediately help this patient?

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Delirium is not a disease but rather a syndrome or a signal that something else is occurring with the patient. One cause of delirium is hypoxia; therefore, the nurse should reapply, via nasal cannula, the oxygen that was removed to see if the patient's status changes or improves. The patient should not be removed from the bed. The head of the bed should not be lowered. There is not enough information to suggest that the patient is fluid-volume overloaded, so the intravenous infusion rate should not be adjusted at this time.

A Terminally Ill Patient Demonstrates a New Onset of Delirium