A Patient Is Admitted with a Severe Diffuse Axonal Injury

A patient is admitted with a severe diffuse axonal injury (DAI) secondary to a motor vehicle crash.The patient's plan of care would involve which nursing action?

A) Perform neurologic assessments once a shift.
B) Obtain a computed tomography (CT) scan every day.
C) Monitor blood pressure and temperature every hour.
D) Initiate warming measures to keep temperature greater than 37.5° C.

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