A nurse receives a child brought by his mother in the ER with complaints of profuse watery diarrhea and refusal to feed. On thorough examination, the child is diagnosed with gastroenteritis and admitted to the pediatric unit. Which of these assessment findings would alert the nurse to the presence of compensated shock?
a)Hypotension
b)Metabolic acidosis
C)Narrow pulse pressure
d)Pulmonary crackles
