TNP-TNCC 9TH ED (TRAUMA NURSING PROCESS) EXAM WITH GUARANTEED ACCURATE ANSWERS
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What should you ask yourself after completing all of your interventions and reassessments? - ACCURATE ANSWERS Does this patient need to be transferred to another hospital, to surgery, or to critical care?
What happens prior to patient arrival? 1-3 - ACCURATE ANSWERS 1. Activate trauma team
2. P...
TNP-TNCC 9TH ED (TRAUMA NURSING
PROCESS) EXAM
TNP-TNCC 9TH ED (TRAUMA NURSING PROCESS) EXAM WITH GUARANTEED
ACCURATE ANSWERS
What should you ask yourself after completing all of your interventions
and reassessments? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Does this patient
need to be transferred to another hospital, to surgery, or to critical care?
What happens prior to patient arrival? 1-3 - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ 1. Activate trauma team
2. Prepare trauma room
3. Don PPE
What happens following patient arrival but before a decision to intubate
has been made? 4-8
,may change based on C-ABC - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 4. Assess
for obvious uncontrolled external hemorrhage or
unresponsiveness/apnea and the need to reprioritize to C-ABC
5**. Assess level of consciousness using AVPU
6. Open the airway
7**. Assess the patency and protection of the airway
8**. Assess breathing effectiveness
Continue the TNP assuming the patient was intubated. 9-11 -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 9**. If intubated, assess endotracheal tube
placement
10. If intubated, assess ETT position and securement
11. If intubated, state the need to begin mechanical ventilation or
continue assisted ventilation
Continue the TNP following assessments of ETT. 12-15
**12, 13, and 15 are double-starred - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
12**. Assess circulation
13**. Assess neurologic status using GCS
14. Assess pupils
15**. Remove all clothing AND inspect for obvious abnormalities or
injuries
Continue the TNP following assessments of circulation, neuro status,
and removal of clothing to inspect for injury. 16-18 - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ 16. Provide warmth
, 17. Obtain a full set of vital signs and weight in kilograms (if not
determined earlier)
18. Facilitate family presence
Continue the TNP using the LMNOP mnemonic. 19-23 - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ 19. L - trauma panel labs
20. M - monitor (Cardiac, consider EKG)
21. N - consider need for NG/OG
22. O - assess O2 and end-tidal capnography
23**. P - assess pain using appropriate pain scale
Continue TNP after LMNOP (so after pain has been assessed). 24-26 -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 24. Non-pharmacological comfort
measures
25. Consider analgesic med order
26. Obtain pertinent history
Head-to-Toe 27-43 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 27. Inspect and
palpate head for injuries
28. Inspect and palpate face for injuries
29. Inspect and palpate neck for injuries
-- Demonstrate removal AND reapplication of cervical collar for
assessment (if indicated).
30. Inspect and palpate chest for injuries
31. Auscultate breath sounds
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