Nursing  Nursing Role & Scope – Week 4 – Competencies for Professional Nursing Practice

Please answer the questions below:1.  You are assigned to care for Ms. C., an 81-year-old patient who was admitted today with symptoms of increasing shortness of breath over the last week. She is currently receiving oxygen through a nasal cannula at 3 L/min. You go into the room to assess her. You find that she is sitting up in bed at a 60-degree angle. She is restless and her respirations appear labored and rapid. Her skin is pale with circumoral cyanosis. You ask if she feels more short of breath. Because she is unable to catch her breath enough to speak, she nods her head yes. Which action should you take first? Why?•      Listen to her breath sounds.•      Ask when the shortness of breath started.•      Increase her oxygen flow rate to 6 L/min.•      Raise the head of the bed from 75 to 85 degreesFollow the discussion questions participation and submission guidelines.·      Follow the 3 x 3 rule: minimum three paragraphs per DQ, with a minimum of three sentences each paragraph.·      All answers or discussions comments submitted must be in APA format according to Publication Manual American Psychological Association (APA) (6th ed.) 2009 ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5·      Minimum of two references, not older than 2015.Please provide plagiarism report.

 

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