The patient is a 45-year-old male admitted with cough, shortness of breath, congestion, and fever overnight which the physician diagnosed after looking at his x rays of left lower lobe pneumonia. His blood pressure is 132/70, his heart rate 110, respiratory rate 20 on 1L Nasal cannula his oxygen saturation is 94% and he has a temperature of 103.2 F. On assessment he is sweaty and complaining of being hot with no pain and no respiratory distress. The only medical history he has is appendectomy when he was 10 and eczema. He is a full code. He has an allergy to penicillin and gets a rash. As the nurse you are going through the physicians orders and see that he only has IV fluids of Normal Saline ordered at 70ml/hr that are currently infusing through a 20 gauge peripheral IV to the left antecubital, Ceftriaxone 2g IM once daily, and an PRN albuterol nebulizer treatment given by the respiratory therapist. As his nurse you have decided to call the physician based on his assessment and vital signs, fill out the ISBARR tool with the information provided above.
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