Trauma/SCI/TBI/ICP NCLEX Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers
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Nclex
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Nclex
Trauma/SCI/TBI/ICP NCLEX Exam
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
You are working in the triage area of an ED, and four patients approach the
triage desk at the same time. List the order in which you will assess these
patients:
a. An ambulatory, dazed 25-year-old male with a bandaged head woun...
Establish unresponsiveness first. (The patient may have fallen and
sustained a minor injury.) If the patient is unresponsive, get help and have
someone initiate the code. Performing the chin lift or jaw thrust maneuver
opens the airway. The nurse is then responsible for starting CPR. CPR
should not be interrupted until the patient recovers or it is determined that
heroic efforts have been exhausted. A crash cart should be at the site when
the code team arrives; however, basic CPR can be effectively performed
until the team arrives.
A client with trauma to the chest develops a tension pneumothorax. After a
needle thorocostomy is performed the nurse would expect:
a.) an increase in blood pressure.
b.) a decrease in blood pressure.
c.) an increase in jugular venous distension.
d.) a decrease in level of consciousness. - ✔✔a.) an increase in blood
pressure.
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