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A 71-year-old client in a long-term care facility is being evaluated for nursing care related to normal flora and opportunistic infection. Assessment data include productive cough for 2 weeks with night sweats and hemoptysis. Using ABCs and Maslow, which need should the nurse address first?

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

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C. 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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A 71-year-old client in a long-term care facility is being evaluated for nursing care related to normal flora and opportunistic infection. Assessment data include productive cough for 2 weeks with night sweats and hemoptysis. Using ABCs and Maslow, which need should the nurse address first?

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