A nurse administers an antihypertensive medication to a pati…

A nurse administers an antihypertensive medication to a patient at the scheduled time of 0900. The nursing assistive personnel (NAP) then reports to the nurse that the patient’s blood pressure was low when it was taken at 0830. The NAP states that was busy and had not had a chance to tell the nurse yet. The patient reports feeling dizzy and light-headed. The blood pressure is re-checked, and it has dropped even lower. In which phase of the nursing process did the nurse first make a mistake ?

hypoventilation                   blueness of skin due to po…

hypoventilation                   blueness of skin due to poor circulation or inadequate oxygenation of blood  apnea                                             dyspnea when not standing or sitting erect       hyperventilation          hypertrophy, potential failure of right side of heart; obstruction of pulmonary circulation eupnea                                deficiency of oxygen or the inability to utilize oxygen in a tissue   respiratory arrest                            permanent cessation of breathing (unless medical intervention)  hypoxia                                                         reduced pulmonary ventilation tachypena                                   increased pulmonary ventilation in excess of  metabolic demand dyspnea                                                               temporary cessation of breathing   orthopnea                                                    collapse of part or all of a lung Kussmaul respiration                                  relaxed quiet breathing   cor pulmonale                 labored, gasping breathing; shortness of breath cyanosis                  abnormal collection of air in the pleural space, causes lung to collapse  atelectasis                                                accelerated respiration pneumothorax                                            rapid breathing induced by acidosis; seen in diabetes mellitus