Exam 16: Care of Patients Experiencing Urgent Alterations in Health

The nurse arrives on the scene of a fire.What is the first thing the nurse will do for a burn victim?

A visitor in the hospital slips and falls.The patient's arm appears dislocated and the visitor is unable to move it.What is the first action the nurse should implement?

A patient is admitted to the hospital after receiving a blow to the head.The patient begins to show signs of shock.How should the patient be positioned?

The patient is admitted to the emergency department,having suffered frostbite to the hands,which are grayish-white in color.What action should the nurse implement when attempting to warm the hands?

The patient arrived at the emergency department in pain and bleeding profusely with the following vital signs: BP 80/54,P 102,RR 22.What does the nurse recognize that these symptoms indicate?

The acronym RICE directs the nurse in the care of a sprain.The "C" in the acronym stands for ________.

When administering first aid in emergency situations,the nurse must first survey victims for severity of injuries.What term correctly describes this process?

The patient is brought to the emergency department after having fractured an arm 12 hours ago.The arm is very edematous from the fingers to the elbow,and the patient cannot move it.What should be the initial action of the nurse?

The worried mother of an accident victim asks the nurse how much circulating blood an average adult male is supposed to have.What will the nurse reply?

A burn patient is brought into the emergency department with the following burns: half of the front torso,entire left arm,and front of left leg.The nurse should record that the patient has a ______% burn.

The nurse is attempting to control bleeding in a patient with a profusely bleeding scalp wound.What is the most effective initial treatment of this bleeding?

A patient has been stung by a bee and is brought to the emergency department.The nurse observes the sting site and identifies that the stinger is still in the skin.What action should the nurse take?

While on break in the hospital cafeteria a nurse witnesses her pregnant co-worker start to choke.The co-worker is conscious,but unable to breathe.Where should the nurse administer thrusts?

A machinist visits the industrial nurse's clinic with a deep laceration of the thigh.What should be the nurse's first action?

A patient with multiple serious injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident is lying beside his wrecked motorcycle unconscious and bleeding when the rescuer arrives at the scene.What will be the rescuer's priority action?

The nurse determines clinical death and initiates CPR immediately.How long is resuscitation considered possible?

The patient's lower chest has been punctured with a knife that is still in place.What should the nurse's first action be?

The nurse is assessing a patient who is severely bleeding and at risk for hypovolemic shock.What can the nurse anticipate?

The patient with heat stroke has been undressed and treated with cold packs and a fan.The patient's temperature is now down to 101.2° F.The patient starts to shiver.What action should the emergency department nurse take?

A nurse is assessing victims in an emergency situation.What will the nurse assess for first?