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Nur 401- Triage (Practice Questions and Answers)

Emergency situation: Overdose Scenario You are on duty in the emergency department (ED) when a "code blue" is called. As the code nurse, you grab the crash cart and run to the code, which is in the employee lounge of the operating room. On the couch, you find a nurse, Z.H., unconscious, dusky, and barely breathing. 1. What immediate assessment of Z.H. do you need to perform? A- Check her airway to see if it is patent B- Make sure she is able to efficiently breath C- Monitor for impai...

Mr. Lancaster is a 35-year-old client who was involved in a motor vehicle accident. Mr. Lancaster was wearing a seat belt and driving at a high rate of speed when he lost control of the car and hit an abutment. He was initially awake at the scene, but his level of consciousness declined while in transport to the hospital. Upon arrival to the emergency department he was already intubated orally with a # 8.0 endotracheal tube at 22 cm depth at the teeth, had bilateral 18 gauge IVs in his fore...

Scenario: J.R. is a 28-year-old man who was doing home repairs. He fell from the top of a 6-foot stepladder, striking his head on a large rock. He experienced a momentary loss of consciousness. By the time his neighbor got to him, he was conscious but bleeding profusely from a laceration over the right temporal area. The neighbor drove him to the emergency department of your hospital. As the nurse, you immediately apply a cervical collar, lay him on a stretcher, and take J.R. to a treatmen...

Scenario: T.W. is a 22-year-old man who fell 50 feet from a chairlift while skiing and landed on hard-packed snow. He is now at the emergency department (ED) with a suspected T5-T6 fracture with paraplegia. 1. Describe a plan for implementing these physician's orders.  First, I would apply oxygen and immobilize the cervical spine. Then, I would Perform a neuro assessment. Next, I would start IVs, place ECG monitoring, foley catheter and if needed I would apply a warming blanket. 2. Wh...

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Head Trauma Case Study-J.R-Scenario: J.R. is a 28-year-old man who was doing home repairs. He fell from the top of a 6-foot stepladder, striking his head on a large rock. He experienced a momentary loss of consciousness. By the time his neighbor got to him, he was conscious but bleeding profusely from a laceration over the right temporal area. The neighbor drove him to the emergency department of your hospital. As the nurse, you immediately apply a cervical collar, lay him on a stretcher, and ta...

Spinal Cord Injury Case Study NUR 401 Scenario: T.W. is a 22-year-old man who fell 50 feet from a chairlift while skiing and landed on hard-packed snow. He is now at the emergency department (ED) with a suspected T5-T6 fracture with paraplegia. 1. Describe a plan for implementing these physician's orders.  First, I would apply oxygen and immobilize the cervical spine. Then, I would Perform a neuro assessment. Next, I would start IVs, place ECG monitoring, foley catheter and if needed...

Scenario: T.W. is a 22-year-old man who fell 50 feet from a chairlift while skiing and landed on hard-packed snow. He is now at the emergency department (ED) with a suspected T5-T6 fracture with paraplegia....

Spinal Cord Injury Case Study