Emergency Nursing Exam 1 Practice Questions and Answers

what is the first priority in emergency nursing? safety what are some sentinel events in the ED? delay in care and med errors what are focussed interventions for patient and family? relieve anxiety allow family visitation provide explanations and ongoing info assess stage of crisis how do you triage patients? by severity of health problems and the immediacy with which problems must be treated what does a triage nurse do? collect data (vitals, s/sx) and classification of illness and injuries to determine necessity and prioritization of care how does ED triage differ from disaster triage? ED triages patients who are most critically ill to receive most resources regardless of pt outcome what are core measures? guidelines on how we treat a pt with same dx across the board three categories of triage systems emergent urgent non-urgent components of emergent triage highest priority stroke, MI, trauma etc. components of urgent triage serious health problem but not life threatening appendicitis, abd pain, etc. components of non-urgent triage episodic illness broken limbs, general wellness checks, med refills etc. ESI categories 1. unstable 2. threatened 3. stable 4. stable 5. stable (least urgent)