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I'm a new nurse and I had a pt. today that I started giving .45% saline instead of 9%. She went into what we thought was septic shock and I'm freaking out that I had something to do with it. It was only hung for a few minutes before I realized and to...

Thank you!!

Thank you for the reply. I feel like I wasn't clear enough. I understand the solution didn't put her into shock, I'm worried that I dropped her blood pressure. It was 118/70ish and then dropped to 86/54ish. Dr. thought AFTER the b/p dropped that it w...

Thanks for all the replies... I realized the .45% didn't put her into septic shock but after her b/p dropped (prior to any blood cultures which I don't know the results of) Dr. thought she was in septic shock ( and maybe she was because her pressure ...