A Patient Has a Pulmonary Artery (PA) Catheter Placed

A patient has a pulmonary artery (PA) catheter placed. What should the nurse recognize as the purpose of this catheter?

A) The patient cannot tolerate hemodynamic monitoring.
B) The patient requires a peripheral intravenous catheter for medication administration.
C) The patient would benefit from having the right ventricle pressures measured each shift.
D) The patient requires evaluation of left ventricular pressures each shift.