medium · NCLEX-RN pharmacology
A client receiving nivolumab (a checkpoint inhibitor) presents with new-onset RR 28/min, SpO2 91% on room air, and a dry, hacking cough.
Which diagnostic finding is most critical to communicate to the prescriber?
- A sputum culture negative for bacterial growth after 24 hours.
- Evidence of sinus tachycardia at 105/min on the cardiac monitor, for this client.
- A slight elevation in the white blood cell count to 11,500/mm3, for this client.
- New diffuse ground-glass opacities on chest X-ray suggesting pneumonitis.
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