The nurse receives a telephone call stating that the hospital will be receiving casualties from an attack with a vesicant.  For which of the following actions should the nurse prepare?

A client has been admitted to the burn unit 8 hours ago with full thickness burns to 60% of the body.  After a patent airway has been established, the nurse’s priority is to

The nurse is administering a vasodilating agent to a client in shock.  This suggests the client is experiencing which type of shock?

When the nurse applies a painful stimuli to an unconscious client, the client responds by stiffly flexing the arms and wrists. The nurse interprets this finding as

A client has a tonic-clonic seizure while the nurse is in the client’s room. During the seizure, it is most important for the nurse to

A client comes to the emergency department with facial trauma from a motor vehicle collision.  What is the first priority in treatment of a client with facial trauma?

The nurse is teaching a pregnant client about trauma and pregnancy.  Which statement made by the client indicates that further education is required?

A client comes to the emergency department with facial trauma from a motor vehicle collision.  What is the first priority in treatment of a client with facial trauma?

The nurse is teaching a pregnant client about trauma and pregnancy.  Which statement made by the client indicates that further education is required?

The client was involved in a serious motor vehicle collision.  The nurse understands that the goal of airway management during the primary survey of this client is optimization of ventilation and oxygenation while also