A patient is brought to the emergency department with injuries sustained when a wall collapsed in the home. Which mechanism of injury most likely caused this patient's injuries?
A. Shearing
B. Blast
C. Crushing
D. Deceleration
Answer: C
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The nurse is caring for a client with a history of vitamin deficiencies. Which items in the client history does the nurse conclude may be the cause of these deficiencies?(Select all that apply.)
1. Chronic alcoholism 2. Prolonged parenteral feeding 3. Controlled asthma 4. Poverty 5. Smoking
A client states, "I am having a severe headache with pain over my right eye." This statement is classified as
A) Primary source B) Objective data C) Symptom identification D) Planning care
The nurse is accompanying a group of older adults on a July 4th outing for heat prostration. Older adults are heat-intolerant because of an age-related reduction of:
a. melanin. b. perspiration. c. body temperature. d. capillary fragility.