Client admitted with community-acquired pneumonia

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The nurse is caring for an adult female client admitted with community-acquired pneumonia who has been on a ventilator for 14 days. Earlier in the day, the client had a 7.5 mm French cuffed tracheostomy tube inserted for ongoing ventilatory support. After receiving the report and reviewing the chart, the nurse enters the room and finds the client coughing with audible gurgling when she breathes. Vital Signs Date & Time Temperature Pulse Resp. Blood Pressure O2 Sat. 10/31/20XX, 10:00 97.3 95 16 125/76 95 10/31/20XX, 11:00 90 18 122/75 94 10/31/20XX, 12:00 101 16 131/67 96 10/31/20XX, 13:00 97 18 126/70 93 10/31/20XX, 14:00 97.5 115 24 145/85 90 What should the nurse do first??Perform oropharyngeal suctioning. Reposition the client and re-evaluate in an hour. Administer prescribed cough medicine. Suction the client with a sterile suction catheter. Increase oxygen delivery amount.

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