Question

vascular Disorder Submit Assignment Due No Due Date Points 10 Submitting a text entry box or a file upload When a patient has pulmonary edema. What is the primary nursing diagnosis and what are some interventions for it? You will want to upload your completed document. Select File Upload. Browse personal files on computer and select the file or files you wish to attach [1]. Double click the selected files or click the Open or Choose button [2] to upload the files.

Answer 1

Primary nursing diagnosis for a pulmonary edema patient:

Impaired gas exchange related to excess fluid in the lungs

Nursing interventions:

a) Provide oxygen via rebreather mask or Endotracheal tube insertion and mechancal ventilation.

b)Provide high fowlers position..

c)Administer diuretics as prescribed by physician.