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Lobcity · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

A 22-year-old patient who experienced a near drowning accident in a local pool, but now is awake and breathing spontaneously, is admitted for observation. Which assessment will be most important for the nurse to take during the observation period?

a. Auscultate heart sounds.
b. Palpate peripheral pulses.
c. Auscultate breath sounds.
d. Check pupil reaction to light.

Question 2

When planning the response to the potential use of smallpox as an agent of terrorism, the emergency department (ED) nurse manager will plan to obtain adequate quantities of

a. vaccine.
b. atropine.
c. antibiotics.
d. whole blood.

katkat_flores · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Because pulmonary edema is a common complication after near drowning, the nurse should assess the breath sounds frequently. The other information also will be obtained by the nurse, but it is not as pertinent to the patient's admission diagnosis.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
Smallpox infection can be prevented or ameliorated by the administration of vaccine given rapidly after exposure. The other interventions would be helpful for other agents of terrorism but not for smallpox.