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You are the only licensed health care professional assigned to a small medical-surgical unit with 12 beds. Two unlicensed assistive personnel are also working on this unit. Which of these four clients with respiratory problems should be assigned to you rather than to the unlicensed assistive personnel?
A.   82-year-old woman receiving steroid therapy for pulmonary fibrosis whose pulse oximetry is 92%
B.   35-year-old woman receiving intravenous aminophylline for asthma whose pulse oximetry is 92% and whose FEV1 is 50% of expected
C.   55-year-old man with chronic obstructive lung disease whose pulse oximetry is 88% and who has the following arterial blood gas values: pH, 7.35; HCO3–, 36 mEq/L; PCO2, 65 mm Hg; PO2, 78 mm Hg
D.   50-year-old man 2 days postoperative from a pneumonectomy for lung cancer whose pulse oximetry is 92% and whose chest tube is draining 200 mL/8-hour shift

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Thank you for this, it helped me understand it perfectly.

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Hey, no worries.

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