TEST BANK FOR LEWIS MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING 11TH EDITION. A patient with a head injury after a motorcycle crash arrives in the emergency department (ED) complaining of shortness of breath and severe eye pain. Which action will the nurse take first? a. Administer the ordered analgesic. b. Check the patients oxygen saturation. c. Examine the eye for evidence of trauma. d. Assess each of the cranial nerve functions. ANS: B The priority action for a patient after a head injury is to assess a...

Test Bank - Lewis's Medical Surgical Nursing (11th Edition by Harding) 2020 Table of Contents Chapter 01: Professional Nursing Chapter 02: Health Equity and Culturally Competent Care Chapter 03: Health History and Physical Examination Chapter 04: Patient and Caregiver Teaching Chapter 05: Chronic Illness and Older Adults Chapter 06: Stress Management Chapter 07: Sleep and Sleep Disorders Chapter 08: Pain Chapter 09: Palliative and End of Life Care Chapter 10: Substance Use Disorders Chapter 11:...

Test Bank - Lewis's Medical Surgical Nursing (11th Edition by Harding) 2020 Table of Contents Chapter 01: Professional Nursing Chapter 02: Health Equity and Culturally Competent Care Chapter 03: Health History and Physical Examination Chapter 04: Patient and Caregiver Teaching Chapter 05: Chronic Illness and Older Adults Chapter 06: Stress Management Chapter 07: Sleep and Sleep Disorders Chapter 08: Pain Chapter 09: Palliative and End of Life Care Chapter 10: Substance Use Disorders ...

Test Bank Chapter 11: End-of-Life and Palliative Care MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The nurse is caring for a patient who has 20-second periods of apnea followed by periods of deep and rapid breathing. The nurse documents this finding as a. death-rattle respirations. b. agonal breathing. c. apneustic breathing. d. Cheyne-Stokes respiration. Correct Answer: D Rationale: Cheyne-Stokes respirations are characterized by periods of apnea alternating with deep and rapid breaths. The death rattle is ca...