The nurse has entered a client's room and found her to be in apparent cardiac arrest. In order to facilitate resuscitation efforts, the nurse should remove which of the following?
A) The client's fitted sheet
B) The headboard of the bed
C) The client's socks or slippers
D) The client's bedside stand
B
Feedback:
The nurse should remove the headboard before cardiorespiratory resuscitation, because this gives the code team responders better access for resuscitation and airway intubation. It is unnecessary to remove sheets under the client or footwear. The overbed table should be removed but the bedside stand is not likely in the way.
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