The Nurse Is Providing Care to a Client with Sepsis

Multiple Choice

The nurse is providing care to a client with sepsis due to a severely infected leg wound. The client states that he is having trouble breathing. Upon assessment, the nurse notes dyspnea, a respiratory rate of 32, the use of accessory muscles to breathe, and rales and rhonchi upon auscultation of the lungs. The nurse recognizes these findings as characteristic of what condition?

A) Allergic response from antibiotic therapy
B) Deep vein thrombosis
C) Acute respiratory distress syndrome
D) Anemia