[New post] [Answer] A client with coronary artery disease has a sudden episode of cyanosis and a change in respirations. The nurse starts oxygen administration immediately. Legally should the nurse have administered the oxygen?1 The oxygen had not been prescribed and therefore should not have been administered.2 The symptoms were too vague for the nurse to determine a need for administering oxygen.3 The nurse’s observations were sufficient and therefore oxygen should have been administered.4 The health care provider should have been called for a prescription before the nurse administered the oxygen.

answertrivia posted: " Answer: 3 The Nurse Practice Act states that nurses diagnose and treat human responses to actual or potential health problems. Administration of oxygen in an emergency situation is within the scope of nursing practice. Because the client's clinica" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on AnswerTrivia.com [Answer] A client with coronary artery disease has a sudden episode of cyanosis and a change in respirations. The nurse starts oxygen administration immediately. Legally should the nurse have administered the oxygen?1 The oxygen had not been prescribed and therefore should not have been administered.2 The symptoms were too vague for the nurse to determine a need for administering oxygen.3 The nurse's observations were sufficient and therefore oxygen should have been administered.4 The health care provider should have been called for a prescription before the nurse administered the oxygen. by answertrivia Answer: 3 The Nurse Practice Act states that nurses diagnose and treat human responses to actual or potential health problems. Administration of oxygen in an emergency situation is within the scope of nursing practice. Because the client's clinical manifestations reflected an immediate need for oxygen postponement of treatment could have resulted in further deterioration of the client's condition. A client with coronary artery disease has a sudden episode of cyanosis and a change in respirations. The nurse starts oxygen administration immediately. Legally should the nurse have administered the oxygen?1 The oxygen had not been prescribed and therefore should not have been administered.2 Th... answertrivia | 25th May 2021 at 2:50 pm | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: https://wp.me/pcLptW-10lJ Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from AnswerTrivia.com. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://answertrivia.wordpress.com/2021/05/25/answer-a-client-with-coronary-artery-disease-has-a-sudden-episode-of-cyanosis-and-a-change-in-respirations-the-nurse-starts-oxygen-administration-immediately-legally-should-the-nurse-have-a-2/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com