A nurse is caring for a client in the intensive care unit who underwent a CABG earlier this morning. Which nursing diagnosis takes priority?
A) Decreased Cardiac Output
B) Impaired Gas Exchange
C) Pain
D) Risk for Hemorrhage

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Using the ABCs (airway, breathing, circulation), Impaired Gas Exchange would be the priority followed by Decreased Cardiac Output. Pain would be third because it is an actual, not a "risk for," diagnosis.

A Nurse Is Caring for a Client in the Intensive