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The telehealth nurse during a virtual follow-up visit is being evaluated for technology-supported nursing care and smart pumps. Assessment data include a smart pump hard stop appears for an infusion rate outside the safe range. Using ABCs and Maslow, which need should the nurse address first?

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Pain relief before checking airway and breathing.Airway, breathing, and circulation problems before comfort or psychosocial needs.Visitor concerns before physiologic stability.Long-term teaching before treating acute physiologic risk.

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B. Airway, breathing, and circulation problems before comfort or psychosocial needs.

Why

Physiologic stability and ABCs take priority over comfort, teaching, or psychosocial needs when the client is unstable.

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The telehealth nurse during a virtual follow-up visit is being evaluated for technology-supported nursing care and smart pumps. Assessment data include a smart pump hard stop appears for an infusion rate outside the safe range. Using ABCs and Maslow, which need should the nurse address first?

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