A nurse is precepting a student nurse in the Emergency Department. A client arrives by ambulance with a scalp laceration after a construction site accident
The student nurse is surprised to see so much blood in the client's hair and on the bandages applied by the EMT. The nurse explains that scalp injuries can bleed profusely because of which of the following? a. connective tissue in the scalp
b. abundance of hair follicles in the scalp
c. large amount of blood vessels in scalp
d. network of cranial nerves in the scalp
C
Scalp injuries bleed profusely because of the abundance of blood vessels in the scalp.
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1. Task 2. Person 3. Circumstance 4. Supervision and evaluation 5. Direction and communication