for the week of 08.10.09
A client with pneumococcal pneumonia was started on antibiotics 16 hours ago. During a nurse’s initial evening rounds the nurse notices a foul smell in the room. The client makes all of these statements during their conversation. Which one would alert the nurse to a complication of the therapy?
1. "I have a sharp pain in my chest when I take a breath."
2. "I have been coughing up foul-tasting, brown, thick sputum."
3. "I have been sweating all day all over my body"
4. "I feel hot off and on especially when I lie in bed."
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The correct answer is number: 2
Smeltzer, S.C., Bare, B.G., Hinkle, J., & Cheever, K.H.
Brunner-Suddarth's textbook of medical surgical nursing (11th ed.).(2008)
Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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