Brunner: Medical-Surgical Nursing, 10th Edition Chapter 63: Management of Patients With Neurologic Trauma
Brunner: Medical-Surgical Nursing, 10th Edition Chapter 63: Management of Patients With Neurologic Trauma 1. A 14-year-old boy has suffered a concussion during a hockey game. The nurse teaches the family members, who will be attending to the boy, to contact the physician or return to the emergency department if the boy: A) Complains of headache B) Complains of a decrease in appetite C) Sleeps for short periods of time D) Vomits Ans: D Chapter: 63 Client Needs: IV-3 Cognitive Categories: Application Concepts and Processes: Teaching/Learning Difficulty: Easy Objective: 2 Feedback: Vomiting is a sign of increasing intracranial pressure (ICP) and should be reported immediately
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