The nurse is assessing a client who has received trauma to the face. If the client states, "My gums feel like they do when I have a cavity filled," which nursing action would the nurse expect to include in the plan of care?
1. Preparing the client for surgery
2. Calling the client's dentist
3. Preparing equipment for intubation
4. Keeping ice packs available for the next 24 hours
Preparing the client for surgery
Rationale: Most likely, the client has a mandibular fracture causing trauma to cranial nerve V, or the trigeminal nerve. As the trigeminal nerve supplies sensation to the teeth, the numbness indicates a mandibular fracture, requiring surgery. Planning to call the dentist is not helpful at present since the client requires surgery. There is no indication the client requires intubation at this time. The client may need ice packs, but the priority for planning is surgery.
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