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A child presents to the ED following ingestion of a toxic cleaning chemical. All of the following are acceptable methods of decontamination except:

A patient is admitted to the emergency room and is bleeding profusely from multiple stab wounds. He also has a large knife that remains in his abdomen. After evaluating that he has a patent airway and adequate apical pulse, your priorities of intervention would be:

A client arrives in the emergency room in the nonprogressive stage of shock. What clinical manifestations would you expect this client to exhibit?

What clinical manifestation indicates that an escharotomy is needed on a circumferential extremity burn?

A child presents to the ED following ingestion of a toxic cleaning chemical. All of the following are acceptable methods of decontamination except:

The nurse caring for a client in shock understands that the common manifestations of this condition are directly related to which processes that are occurring in the body? (Select all that apply.)

During the early phase of burn care what is the most critical condition that the nurse should assess the client for?

The nurse caring for a client in shock understands that the common manifestations of this condition are directly related to which processes that are occurring in the body? (Select all that apply.)

A client who has been taking warfarin (Coumadin) has been admitted with severe acute rectal bleeding and the following laboratory results: INR 8, Hemoglobin 11g/dL, hematocrit, 33%. Which of the following physician orders would the nurse expect to implement initially? (select all that apply)

The nurse is caring for multiple clients in the emergency department. The client with which condition is at highest risk for distributive shock?