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A client is admitted to the intensive care unit with a traumatic brain injury and develops hypovolemic shock. Skin cool, clammy, pale. Alert and oriented to person only. Restless. Urinary output 20 ml/hour. Capillary refill >3 seconds.
Vital signs:
Heart rate: 130 beats/minute
Alert to person only
Blood pressure: 80/palp
Temperature: 96.9 ℉
Respiratory rate: 28 breaths/minute
Respiratory rate: 28 breaths/minute
Click to highlight the 3 orders the nurse should implement first:
- Mannitol IV 1g/kg
- D510W @ 500/hour
- Epinephrine 0.5 ml
- Albumin 25g
- Obtain a Swan-Ganz kit
- Vasopressin 0.05 units/minute
- Put a code cart outside the room