The primary health care provider has prescribed a stat chest x-ray examination and electrocardiogram for a client with a history of heart failure. Which action would the nurse take immediately after the client’s oxygen saturation changes from 90% to 86%? Select all that apply. One, some, or all responses may be correct. • Tell a staff member to get the electrocardiogram machine. • Notify the x-ray department that a chest x-ray examination must be done stat. • Have a staff member notify the nursing supervisor of the change in client status. • Notify the health care provider of the change in the oxygen saturation to ask what to do. • Tell the certified nursing assistant (CNA) to get a prescription from the health care provider to increase the oxygen. Increase the supplemental oxygen without a prescription from 2 L nasal cannula to 4 L nasal cannula and notify the health care provider.
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