Based on the information shown in the accompanying figure and obtained for a patient in the emergency room, which action will the nurse take first?
a. Administer the prescribed morphine 4 mg IV.
b. Contact the operating room to schedule surgery.
c. Check the patient's oxygen saturation using pulse oximetry.
d. Ask the patient about the date of the last tetanus immunization.
ANS: C
Because fat embolism can occur with tibial fracture, the nurse's first action should be to check the patient's oxygen saturation. The other actions are also appropriate, but not as important at this time as obtaining the patient's oxygen saturation.
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