The nurse is assessing a client with pneumonia who has devel…

The nurse is assessing a client with pneumonia who has developed dyspnea, has a respiratory rate of 32 breaths/min, and is having difficulty expelling secretions. The nurse auscultates the lung fields and hears adventitious sounds in the lower left lobe. The client’s oxygen saturation is 72%.  Which action should the nurse take first?

The nurse is caring for a client who has a new prescription…

The nurse is caring for a client who has a new prescription for ‘fluoxetine 20 mg by mouth daily for treatment of depression’.  The nurse goes to pull the medication from the pyxis and there are both tablets and oral liquid forms of the medication available to be administered to the client.  What should the nurse do next?