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Increase the oxygen delivery by 10%: While hypoxemia is present, simply increasing oxygen may be insufficient for a client who is difficult to arouse and in severe respiratory distress. Immediate advanced airway intervention is a higher priority.

Administer PRN nebulizer treatment: Bronchodilators can improve airway obstruction but will not rapidly correct profound hypoxemia or altered mental status in a critically decompensating client. This intervention alone is not adequate.

Complete neurological assessment: Assessing neurological status is important, but the client’s low oxygen saturation and decreased responsiveness indicate a life-threatening situation that requires immediate intervention before completing a full assessment.

Monitor the client's serum lipid levels: While monitoring lipid levels is part of long-term statin therapy management, it does not address the acute symptoms of muscle soreness and fatigue, which may indicate myopathy or rhabdomyolysis.

Encourage the client to drink fluids: Adequate hydration is beneficial, especially if muscle breakdown occurs, but it does not address the urgent need to evaluate and manage potential statin-related complications.

Administer a PRN dose of acetaminophen: Giving acetaminophen may relieve discomfort temporarily but does not treat or prevent the potential serious adverse effects of statins. Immediate reporting and assessment are the priority.

Cap: The cap is usually less contaminated than gloves and gown. It is removed after higher-risk items to minimize potential contamination.

Face mask: The face mask should be removed after gloves and gown, ensuring that hands are clean afterward to avoid touching the face and spreading contaminants.

Disposable gown: The gown is removed after gloves but before the face mask, rolling it inside out to contain contamination. It is important, but gloves present the highest immediate contamination risk and are removed first.

Keep the room environment free of unpleasant odors: Minimizing odors can help with nausea, but it does not directly address stomatitis care. This is a supportive measure, not a primary intervention.

Assist the client with feeding at meal times: Assistance with feeding is helpful for comfort and nutrition, but it does not directly manage the oral lesions or reduce infection risk.

Gather supplies for protective environment precautions: Protective environment precautions are primarily used for clients with severe immunosuppression. While important in some chemotherapy settings, the key intervention for stomatitis is proper oral care.

Impaired verbal communication: While difficulty expressing feelings may occur after IVF failure, it does not immediately threaten the client’s emotional or physical well-being and is lower priority compared to coping.

Altered sexuality patterns: Concerns about sexual intimacy may develop following infertility treatment, but these issues are secondary to the client’s immediate coping and emotional adjustment needs.

Impaired social isolation: Social withdrawal can occur due to emotional distress, but it is a consequence of ineffective coping. Addressing coping strategies first helps prevent or reduce social isolation.

Encourage a low carbohydrate diet: Carbohydrate restriction does not address fluid retention, edema, or electrolyte imbalances associated with chronic kidney disease and is not the priority intervention in this scenario.

Use a cushion when sitting: This intervention may help prevent skin breakdown, but it does not address the underlying fluid overload or electrolyte imbalance.

Perform range of motion exercises: ROM exercises support joint mobility and circulation, but they do not directly manage fluid retention or prevent further complications from electrolyte disturbances.

Serum blood glucose level: Elevated glucose can impair wound healing and increase infection risk, particularly in diabetic clients, but it does not provide immediate information about the causative organism of an infected wound.

C-reactive protein level: CRP is a nonspecific marker of inflammation or infection. While elevated levels indicate systemic inflammation, they do not provide organism-specific information necessary for targeted treatment.

Serum albumin: Albumin reflects nutritional status, which affects healing, but it does not directly indicate the presence or type of infection. It is supportive data but not essential before reporting an acute wound infection.

Obtain the client's blood pressure frequently: While important for overall assessment, frequent BP monitoring does not directly prevent or detect bleeding unless invasive procedures are performed.

Maintain protective isolation precautions: Protective isolation primarily prevents infection, which is crucial for neutropenic clients but does not address the bleeding risk associated with low platelets.

Observe for signs of dehydration: Hydration is important in chemotherapy care but is secondary to preventing life-threatening bleeding in a client with thrombocytopenia.

Infection: Infection is a common complication of sickle cell disease due to functional asplenia, but it is not the hallmark symptom experienced during an acute sickle cell crisis.

Fatigue: Fatigue is common in chronic anemia associated with sickle cell disease but is usually a baseline symptom rather than an acute manifestation of a crisis.

Decreased hemoglobin: Hemoglobin levels may decrease during a crisis due to hemolysis, but the child may not directly perceive this; the most noticeable symptom reported is pain.

Rinse soiled linen with water before sending it to laundry: Rinsing can increase the risk of splashing and exposure to bloodborne pathogens. Standard precautions recommend handling soiled linen carefully without pre-rinsing.

Send soiled linen to laundry in a red biohazard bag: Red biohazard bags are reserved for sharps or regulated medical waste, not routine soiled linen, even if contaminated with blood.

Double bag soiled linen to be put in a biohazard box: Double-bagging in a biohazard container is unnecessary for standard contaminated linen. Proper containment in a leak-proof laundry bag is sufficient and follows infection control guidelines.