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A nurse is providing discharge instructions for a patient with a BMI of 31. The patient was admitted for an appendectomy and holds a job as a full-time construction worker and part-time mover. Which should be included in the patient’s postoperative plan and why: decrease or increase caloric intake?
A nurse on the medical unit is caring for four patients and just received the vital sign data from the patient care tech. The patient care tech used a digital vital sign machine and a standard adult cuff for all the patients but made sure to clean it between each use.
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Patient 1: A patient admitted with kidney stones awaiting stent placement. T 99.1, P 104, RR 20, BP 136/82, Oxygen saturation 100 percent on room air
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Patient 2: A patient admitted with heart failure with pulmonary edema. T 97.1, P 110, RR 24, BP 88/42, Oxygen saturation 91 percent on 2 L of oxygen
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Patient 3: A patient admitted with chronic renal failure and atherosclerosis. T 98.2, P 90, RR 18, BP 175/101, Oxygen saturation 97 percent on room air
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Patient 4: An older adult patient admitted with failure to thrive. T 96.9, P 68, RR 18, BP 92/49, Oxygen saturation 96 percent on room air
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Who should the nurse see first and why?