The nurse is caring for a client in cardiogenic shock with a four-lumen pulmonary artery (PA) catheter in situ. Which of the following nursing actions is appropriate for the distal port of this type of catheter?

Ramanpreet Kaur Sidhu

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Question

The nurse is caring for a client in cardiogenic shock with a four-lumen pulmonary artery (PA) catheter in situ. Which of the following nursing actions is appropriate for the distal port of this type of catheter? 
 
   Ramanpreet Kaur Sidhu   
 
 ID: 137304

Accepted Answer

The nurse obtains a mixed venous blood gas through the port

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The nurse attaches a dopamine continuous infusion through the port

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The nurse uses the port to inject normal saline to determine cardiac output levels

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The nurse infuses cefazolin 1g intravenously through the port

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