Case Study Question 1 of 6 The nurse cares for a 21-year-ol…
Case Study Question 1 of 6 The nurse cares for a 21-year-old male in the emergency department with cellulitis and uncontrolled pain. Select the findings that require immediate follow-up. Nurses’ Notes 0930. Client being treated for cellulitis presented with a complaint of right arm pain not controlled by prescription narcotics. The client is alert and oriented but agitated, rating pain 10/10 pain. Denies shortness of breath or chest pain. Informed client of wait times, placed wristband on client, and had him return to the waiting room to be triaged. 1055. Notified by a family in the waiting room that the client was slouched in chair and “seemed dead.” Client was found to be unresponsive with constricted pupils, clammy skin, bradypnea, and circumoral cyanosis. Right arn is read and swollen with blistered areas.