The nurse is caring for a patient on a mechanical ventilator…

The nurse is caring for a patient on a mechanical ventilator. During daily rounds, the patient’s pulmonologist says she wants the patient to receive 10 breaths/min from the ventilator, while encouraging the patient to breathe spontaneously between mechanical breaths at the patient’s own tidal volume. The nurse knows this mode of ventilation is called:

The nurse is caring for a mechanically ventilated patient wh…

The nurse is caring for a mechanically ventilated patient when the High-Pressure alarm sounds. The patient’s oxygen saturation has dropped from 94% to 88%, the heart rate is 104 beats/min, and the respiratory rate is 28 breaths/min. The nurse’s priority action is to: