A patient with multiple serious injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident is lying beside his wrecked motorcycle unconscious and bleeding when the rescuer arrives at the scene. What will be the rescuer's priority action?
a. Assessing blood loss
b. Assessing respiratory status
c. Obtaining vital signs
d. Organizing laypeople at the scene
ANS: B
Priority intervention is to assess respiratory status.
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a. The fact that a nurse is white has no bearing on the nurse's ability to care for mi-nority patients or patients of color. b. An encyclopedic accumulation of details of a particular culture is the best prepa-ration for caring for persons from that culture. c. A nurse who works in Illinois does not need to be as concerned about sensitivity to multiple cultures as a nurse who works in California. d. Facial expressions, body language, posture, and touch are important elements of communication between a nurse and a patient from different ethnicities.
Several months of treatment with a statin accompanied by lifestyle modifications have failed to appreciably improve a patient's cholesterol levels. Consequently, the patient has been prescribed cholestyramine
The nurse should recognize that this drugs achieves its therapeutic effect by A) binding LDL to HDL. B) mitigating the harmful effects of atherosclerosis by promoting vasodilation. C) inhibiting the synthesis of cholesterol. D) oxidizing cholesterol to bile acids.
An older client receiving intravenous morphine sulfate is experiencing nausea and vomiting. What action should the nurse take at this time?
1. Provide the client with meperidine for pain as prescribed. 2. Suspend the use of morphine and use a different opioid analgesic. 3. Provide a prescribed antiemetic for a few days and gradually taper it. 4. Discuss using nonopioid analgesics since the client cannot tolerate them.
What is the appropriate nursing response to a parent who asks, "What should I do if my child cannot take a tablet?"
a. "You can crush the tablet and put it in some food." b. "Find out if the medication is available in a liquid form." c. "If the child can't swallow the tablet, tell the child to chew it." d. "Let me show you how to get your child to swallow tablets."