A client has chronic respiratory acidosis caused by end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Oxygen is delivered at 1 L/min per nasal cannula. The nurse teaches the family that the reason for this is to avoid respiratory depression, based on which of the following explanations?
The focus of a nurse case manager is:
A client with asthma develops respiratory acidosis. Based on this diagnosis, what should the nurse expect the client’s serum potassium level to be?
Nursing considerations when caring for African- American clients include that: