The nurse, triaging victims of a mass casualty incident, will focus attention on the victims who are color coded as:
1. green.
2. yellow.
3. red.
4. black.
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Victims coded green will do well with minimal care, and victims coded black will most likely die even with care. The focus is on the red-coded victims, then the yellow, using immediate resources and rapid intervention for those who will benefit the most.
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In caring for victims of violence it is important for nurses to be aware of their personal feelings and attitudes about the situation because:
1. Intense negative feelings interfere with assessment and judgment. 2. It allows the nurse to express sympathy for the client. 3. Intense protective feelings result in appropriate interventions for the victim's care. 4. Self-awareness protects the nurse's own mental health.
The nurse is reviewing modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors of osteoporosis with a patient. What should the nurse include as modifiable risk factors?
Select all that apply. 1. calcium deficiency 2. high-protein diet 3. female 4. decrease in estrogen levels 5. diabetes mellitus
The nurse cares for a woman who is in her 39th week of gestation and who recently revealed that she is being physically abused by her partner
Which conditions associated with intimate partner violence (IPV) should the nurse look for in this client and in her child now and in the coming weeks? (Select all that apply.) A) Depression in the mother B) Low-birth weight infant C) Down syndrome in the infant D) Gestational diabetes in the mother E) Cleft palate in the infant
A patient tells the primary care NP that he has difficulty getting and maintaining an erection. The NP's initial response should be to:
a. prescribe sildenafil (Viagra). b. perform a medication history. c. evaluate his cardiovascular status. d. order a papaverine injection test to screen for erectile dysfunction.