Exam 65: Nursing Management: Emergency Care Situations

A 54-year-old patient arrives in the emergency department (ED)after exposure to powdered lime at work.Which action should the nurse take first?

The following four patients arrive in the emergency department (ED)after a motor vehicle collision.In which order should the nurse assess them? (Put a comma and a space between each answer choice [A,B,C,D,E].)

A 19-year-old is brought to the emergency department (ED)with multiple lacerations and tissue avulsion of the left hand.When asked about tetanus immunization,the patient denies having any previous vaccinations.The nurse will anticipate giving

When assessing an older patient admitted to the emergency department (ED)with a broken arm and facial bruises,the nurse observes several additional bruises in various stages of healing.Which statement or question by the nurse is most appropriate?

A 22-year-old patient who experienced a near drowning accident in a local pool,but now is awake and breathing spontaneously,is admitted for observation.Which assessment will be most important for the nurse to take during the observation period?

Family members are in the patient's room when the patient has a cardiac arrest and the staff start resuscitation measures.Which action should the nurse take next?

The emergency department (ED)triage nurse is assessing four victims involved in a motor vehicle collision.Which patient has the highest priority for treatment?

A 20-year-old patient arrives in the emergency department (ED)several hours after taking "25 to 30" acetaminophen (Tylenol)tablets.Which action will the nurse plan to take?

When planning the response to the potential use of smallpox as an agent of terrorism,the emergency department (ED)nurse manager will plan to obtain adequate quantities of

An unresponsive 79-year-old is admitted to the emergency department (ED)during a summer heat wave.The patient's core temperature is 105.4° F (40.8° C),blood pressure (BP)88/50,and pulse 112.The nurse initially will plan to

A 28-year-old patient who has deep human bite wounds on the left hand is being treated in the urgent care center.Which action will the nurse plan to take?

Gastric lavage and administration of activated charcoal are ordered for an unconscious patient who has been admitted to the emergency department (ED)after ingesting 30 lorazepam (Ativan)tablets.Which action should the nurse plan to do first?

The urgent care center protocol for tick bites includes the following actions.Which action will the nurse take first when caring for a patient with a tick bite?

After the return of spontaneous circulation following the resuscitation of a patient who had a cardiac arrest,therapeutic hypothermia is ordered.Which action will the nurse include in the plan of care?

When preparing to cool a patient who is to begin therapeutic hypothermia,which intervention will the nurse plan to do (select all that apply)?

A patient is admitted to the emergency department (ED)after falling through the ice while ice skating.Which assessment will the nurse obtain first?

Following an earthquake,patients are triaged by emergency medical personnel and are transported to the emergency department (ED).Which patient will the nurse need to assess first?

A patient who has experienced blunt abdominal trauma during a motor vehicle collision is complaining of increasing abdominal pain.The nurse will plan to teach the patient about the purpose of

A patient with hypotension and an elevated temperature after working outside on a hot day is treated in the emergency department (ED).The nurse determines that discharge teaching has been effective when the patient makes which statement?

A triage nurse in a busy emergency department (ED)assesses a patient who complains of 7/10 abdominal pain and states,"I had a temperature of 103.9° F (39.9° C)at home." The nurse's first action should be to