A nurse working in a small rural hospital is on duty when a fire breaks out in the local movie theater
The hospital emergency department is used to triage and stabilize many of the townspeople before having them transported to trauma centers and burn units in neighboring cities. Shortly after the last client is transported, the nurse asks one of the physicians what happened to all the townspeople. She tells the physician that she remembers the hospital was notified of a fire in the movie theater and she remembered receiving four clients into the emergency department who had been injured in the fire, but she thought there should have been many more clients admitted. This nurse was exhibiting signs and symptoms of what?
A) Localized amnesia
B) Selective amnesia
C) Generalized amnesia
D) Continuous amnesia
B
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A) Control the patient's hemorrhage. B) Assess for cognitive effects of the injury. C) Splint the patient's fractures. D) Assess the patient's neurologic status.
PHNs across the United States implement similar types of interventions to improve the health of various groups. Which of the following explains why a common set of interventions is used?
a. Describe the proper order of implementa-tion b. Emphasize surveillance as the main focus of public health practice c. Guide practice and generate agency pro-tocols d. Improve the health status of communities, systems, individuals, and families
The majority of abdominal aortic aneurysms are due to
A. Trauma B. Infection C. Inflammation D. Atherosclerosis
A client is prescribed to receive an infusion of intralipid 10%. Which of the following should the nurse do when providing this infusion? (Select all that apply.)
1. Use a filter. 2. Infuse with 0.9% Normal Saline. 3. Hang for 24 hours. 4. Administer for up to 16 hours. 5. Measure strict output. 6. Limit oral fluids.