What is appropriate nursing intervention

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A patient has been admitted to the step-down unit due to respiratory distress, fever, productive yellow-green cough, shortness of breath, and malaise. The nurse notes the following ABG results: pH=7.32; PCO2=52; HCO3=26

a. What is the imbalance? Respiratory acidosis

b. What is the potential cause of this imbalance?

c. What is an appropriate nursing intervention?

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