The nurse is assessing the client's readiness for discharge from the postanesthesia care unit (pacu). the nurse can rouse the client by calling the client's name. the client can move all extremities and has a blood pressure of 134/82. baseline preoperative blood pressure was 128/78. the most recent pulse oximetry reading was 94% on room air; the client's respirations are deep and easy at a rate of 12/minute. the nurse calculates the aldrete score as:

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Chris Daugherty

17 February, 13:24

The nurse is assessing the client's readiness for discharge from the postanesthesia care unit (pacu). the nurse can rouse the client by calling the client's name. the client can move all extremities and has a blood pressure of 134/82. baseline preoperative blood pressure was 128/78. the most recent pulse oximetry reading was 94% on room air; the client's respirations are deep and easy at a rate of 12/minute. the nurse calculates the aldrete score as:

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Efrain Howell · Answer 1

The answer would be 9

Blood pressure: 2

for less than 10 increase from base BP

Activity: 2

for moves all extremity voluntary

Respiration : 2

for breath deeply and easily

Saturation: 2

for >92% SaO

Consiousness: 1

for arousable on calling. " The nurse can rouse the client by calling the client's name"

Other than the consciousness, the patient got 2 scores. So, the total score would be 9/10