The nurse in the emergency department is deciding where to place patients in the various cubicles to be seen by the health care provider
This nurse later talks with one patient about the fall he sustained from his motorcycle and if he is able to move all four extremities independently. The nurse is demonstrating: 1. The goals of triage.
2. Standards of practice for an emergency department.
3. Hospital-identified policies and procedures.
4. Evidence-based practice.
The goals of triage.
Rationale: The goals of triage include early and brief patient assessment, assignment of patients to the appropriate care area, and initiation of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. There is not enough information to know if the nurse is following the standards of practice or policies and procedures for the hospital, or if the nurse is implementing evidence-based practice.
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For an adult, which pulse rate is reported to the nurse at once?
a. 66 b. 74 c. 88 d. 110