A tornado has touched down 1 mile from the hospital and a tornado warning has been issued with sirens. The nursing staff caring for the 36 patients on the second floor medical-surgical unit should move the patients to:
a. the evacuation center across the street.
b. the hall, closing room doors and windows.
c. their rooms, padding the windows with bed linens.
d. the basement in wheelchairs using the elevators.
B
Movement to the hall is the safest and fastest and does not expose the patients to being out of doors, in elevators, or near exterior windows.
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