The nurse is reviewing the healthcare provider’s admission orders for a client who fell at home and suffered a closed head injury. Which medication order should the nurse question?

A client in a motor vehicle accident has a Glasgow coma score of 3. The neurologist informs the family the client is in a persistent vegetative state, EEG shows no brain waves, and the client has failed the apnea test. The nurse prepares the family for which next step?

A nurse is caring for a client who was hit on the left side of the head with a baseball bat. Which of the following assessments should the nurse perform?

The nurse recognizes that Multi Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS) can occur in any patient with severe traumatic injuries or overwhelming sepsis. What two factors are always responsible for the pathophysiology involved in MODS?

The school nurse is notified of an outbreak of varicella in school-age children in neighboring communities. Which information will the nurse include when informing the parents of the school students about the infection?

When caring for a patient in shock, one of the major nursing goals is to reduce the risk that the patient will develop complications of shock, how can the nurse best achieve this goal?

An emergency department nurse has just admitted a client with a burn. The burn area is the anterior upper chest and left anterior arm. Using the rule of nine, what would be the extent of the burn injury?

The provider orders an intravenous infusion of Dopamine 800 mg in 500 mL NS t infuse at 15 mcg/kg/min. The client weighs 154 lbs. How many mL/hr will the nurse set the infusion pump at? Round to tenth.

A client presents from home with parents who report finding an empty bottle of acetaminophen on the client’s bed. The client is awake, alert, and oriented and reports taking “more than 20, but I don’t really know”. The nurse prepares for administration of which medication?

A nurse is working on a burn unit at a large university hospital. Which client should the nurse assess first?