Problem: A nurse is providing care for an older, previously healthy client who has been diagnosed today with pneumococcal pneumonia. Which set of signs and symptoms is the nurse most likely to encounter? Need Assignment Help?
Cough producing clear sputum, faint breath sounds, and fine crackles O lack of lung consolidation and will have minimal sputum production copious bloody sputum, diffuse chest pain, and loss of cough reflex hypotension, febrile, and cognitive changes