Charge nurse on a critical care unit has assumed care of several clients while other nurses and staff are busy during an emergency. Which client need should the nurse address first?
1. Client angrily states, "I will leave unless the health care provider sees me right now!"
2. Practical nurse reports that an alarm on a client's dopamine infusion pump is sounding
3.Surgeon requests that a nurse witness informed consent for an urgent exploratory laparotomy
4. Unit secretary reports that a toilet in a client's room is clogged and flooding