[Solved]: Eleven-month-old Bianca is being assessed in the…

Eleven-month-old Bianca is being assessed in the chest clinic today by the respiratory nurse. Bianca requires continuous portable oxygen via nasal prongs at 0.5 L/min. Her mother has tried to wean Bianca from oxygen during the night, but Bianca’s O2 saturation often will drop to 92% and her respiratory rate will increase. Bianca was born at 30 weeks gestation and was ventilated for the first 2 weeks of life. She has been on continuous oxygen since birth. There is a student nurse observing today. Outside the exam room, she states to the respiratory nurse that Bianca must have asthma. How would the respiratory nurse respond? What things would you be concerned about as Bianca gets older? (Learning Objectives 5, 6, 7)