The nurse is preparing to discharge the patient following surgical creation of an arteriovenous fistula. For which complication is this patient most at risk?

The patient presents prior to a right elbow repair surgery. The surgeon speaks with the patient, answers questions, and obtains informed consent. Prior to leaving, the surgeon states, “Good; your hospital ID bracelet is on your right arm. That will signal to us we have the correct limb.” Which response by the nurse is most appropriate?

The 20-year-old patient with asthma presents to the emergency department with increased work of breathing and severe wheezing after exposure to household dust and mold. The patient used the albuterol inhaler 6 times in the previous 4 hours with minimal relief. Upon inspection, the nurse notes extensive accessory respiratory muscle use with moderate supraclavicular retractions and nasal flaring. The nurse auscultates expiratory wheezing in all lung fields. The patient is afebrile, normotensive, significantly tachypneic, and mildly tachycardic. The nurse anticipates which findings on a chest x-ray?