A client recovering from surgery in the post-anesthesia care unit - TopicsExpress



          

A client recovering from surgery in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) is difficult to arouse two hours following surgery. The nurse in the PACU has been administering Morphine Sulfate intravenously to the client for complaints of post-surgical pain. The client’s respiratory rate is 7 per minute and demonstrates shallow breathing. The patient does not respond to any stimuli! The nurse assesses the ABCs (remember Airway, Breathing, Circulation!) and obtains ABGs STAT! The STAT results come back from the laboratory and show: pH = 7.15 Pa C02 = 68 mmHg HC03 = 22 mEq/L Chose The Best: a: Compensated Respiratory Acidosis b: Uncompensated Metabolic Acidosis c: Compensated Metabolic Alkalosis d: Uncompensated Respiratory Acidosis
Posted on: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 17:48:01 +0000

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