A patient who is in the Emergency Department was attacked in a parking lot and suffered several stab wounds to various areas on the chest and abdomen; BP 100/60, heart rate 108, respiratory rate 20, pulse oximetry 98%
In order to counteract the blood loss and restore circulating volume for this patient, what priority intervention will the nurse perform?
A) Start lactated Ringer's at 150 mL/hr.
B) Start dopamine at 5 mcg/kg/min.
C) Start an albumin infusion wide open.
D) Start a unit of uncrossmatched blood.
A
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A) back with hips flat on the bed. B) stomach with both legs extended. C) back with the injured hip flexed and the uninjured one extended. D) back with hips up off the bed.
Symptoms of otitis media include:
a. cellulitis, pruritus, slight tinnitus and headache. b. severe otalgia, pruritus, tinnitus and headache. c. cellulitis, pruritus, hearing loss and vomiting. d. severe otalgia, pyrexia, hearing loss and vomiting.
Select the topic that is most representative of qualitative phenomenological studies
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