Bill, a 55-year-old roofer, was admitted to the hospital three (3) days ago after falling 15 feet from a roof. He sustained bilateral fractured wrists and an open fracture of the left tibia and fibula. He was taken to surgery for open reduction and internal fixation of all his fractures. He is recovering on the orthopedic unit. Orders are to begin getting him out of the bed into the chair.When the nurse enters his room she notes that he is agitated and dyspneic. He says that his chest hurts and he can’t breathe. Auscultation of his lungs reveals diminished breath sounds in the left lower lobe, Bill is diaphoretic and his circumoral cyanosis. Vital signs are: BP 142/82, Pulse 118 and irregular, RR 38 labored and shallow, Temp is 99.8, 02 sats are 85% on 2L NOList three (3) priority actions the nurse should take next. (Listing more than three
[Answered]: Bill, a 55-year-old roofer, was admitted to the…
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