Are my answers correct?

[yadis572002]

Please let me know if I have the correct answer to the following questions:

1.- the physician orders and ABG for a pt, receiving O2 at 6L/min per simple mask. Results show: PH=7.37, PCO2=42, HCO3=26, PO2=90. What should the nurse do first?

a) Increased the amount of oxygen that the patient is receiving.

b) elevate the head of the bed

c) document the results in the chart............MY ANSWER

d) instruct the patient to cough and deep breathe.

2.- which of the following would most concern the nurse during a patient's recovery from surgery?

a) safety

b)hemorrhage

c)infection

d)pain control......MY ANSWER

thank you so much;)

[ambersnight]

Ummm hello, hemorrhage is the most important. I would rather be in pain (pain level or surgery was not specific) and hyperventilate than to HEMORRHAGE and lose consiousness or die. If your patient just had a coronary stent and the sheath site check was his right femoral vein, which was hemorrhaging and he complains of pain.... I hope nurses wont run for the percocet or morphine!!

These type instructors are why im suddenly a bad test taker!!!!!!

[middleageNP]

Hmmm.... I can hear my instructor's voice echoing in my head. Safety, safety, safety... However, wouldn't hemorrhage qualify as a safety issue? I would pick hemorrhage.

As for the first answer, I think document the data since all data is within normal range. The PO2 level threw me off at first but that's because I was thinking of SaO2 which should be at 95 or above... A mistake I commonly make with all my tests....