Question: The nurse is caring for multiple assigned clients on a medical-surgical unit. Which client should the nurse assess first? Need Assignment Help?
a. A client with pericarditis who has a temperature of 101.8°F and chest pain that improves when leaning forward.
b. A client with atrial fibrillation whose pulse ranges between 110 and 140 and is refusing their scheduled warfarin dose.
c. A client with status asthmaticus who had inspiratory and expiratory wheezing on admission 30 minutes ago, received a nebulizer treatment, and now has vesicular breath sounds.
d. A client 12 hours post-thoracic surgery with a chest tube to water seal drainage, who has drained 175 mL of serosanguineous fluid in the past hour.