A nurse is caring for a patient after a thoracentesis. Which of the following signs if noted in the patient should be reported to the physician immediately? a) “Patient is becoming agitated and complains of pleuritic pain.” b) “Patient has subcutaneous emphysema around needle insertion site.” c) “Patient has an oxygen saturation level of 93%.” d) “Patient is drowsy and complains of headache.”
A nurse is caring for a patient after a thoracentesis. Which of the following signs if noted in the patient should be reported to the physician immediately?
a) “Patient is becoming agitated and complains of pleuritic pain.”
b) “Patient has subcutaneous emphysema around needle insertion site.”
c) “Patient has an oxygen saturation level of 93%.”
d) “Patient is drowsy and complains of headache.”