When a client with heart failure reports sudden dyspnea and has bilateral crackles throughout the lungs with a respiratory rate of 32 breaths/minute, which action would the nurse take first?
a. Elevate the head of the bed to 75 degrees.
b. Obtain the apical pulse and blood pressure.
c. Notify the hospital Rapid Response Team.
d. Check oxygen saturation with the pulse oximeter.
