A 72-year-old woman is brought to the ED by ambulance. Her daughter called the ambulance after her mother told her she took an overdose of aspirin. The patient presents with the following vital signs: blood pressure 88/58; heart rate 118 bpm and irregular; respiratory rate 32 breaths/min. She appears highly anxious and is disoriented to person, place, and time. She is profusely diaphoretic. Describe your priority nursing diagnoses and interventions for this patient. Her daughter arrives at the ED shortly after the ambulance and blurts out to you tearfully, “I never should have agreed with Mom that she could live alone!” Describe how you might therapeutically interact with the daughter, what critical information you may wish to gain from her, and what type of support systems you might consider mobilizing for this family.
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