The nurse cares for a client diagnosed with an acute pulmona…

The nurse cares for a client diagnosed with an acute pulmonary embolism (PE). Which pathologic change is most likely to occur in the V/Q ratio for this client?  Select the answers in the dropdown menus below. (2 points). Step 1:  Determine if ventilation or perfusion is most likely to change first in this client (1st dropdown).  0.5 point.  Step 2:  Indicate if your answer in step 1  will increase or decrease (second dropdown).  0.5 point.   Step 3:  Determine if this change will result in a high or low V/Q mismatch (third dropdown).  1 point.   is most likely to change.  It will . This will result in a V/Q mismatch in this client.