A patient who is anxious and has difficulty breathing seeks ...

[student77]

A patient who is anxious and has difficulty breathing seeks treatment after being stung by a wasp. What is the nurse's priority action?
 
  a. Have the patient lie down.
  b. Assess the patient's airway.
  c. Administer high-flow oxygen.
  d. Remove the stinger from the site.

Question 2

The charge nurse is assigning rooms for new admissions. Which patient would be the most appropriate roommate for a patient who has acute rejection of an organ transplant?
 
  a. A patient who has viral pneumonia
  b. A patient with second-degree burns
  c. A patient who is recovering from an anaphylactic reaction to a bee sting
  d. A patient with graft-versus-host disease after a recent bone marrow transplant

[Ashley I]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
The initial action with any patient with difficulty breathing is to assess and maintain the airway. The other actions also are part of the emergency management protocol for anaphylaxis, but the priority is airway maintenance.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Treatment for a patient with acute rejection includes administration of additional immunosuppressants, and the patient should not be exposed to increased risk for infection as would occur from patients with viral pneumonia, graft-versus-host disease, and burns. There is no increased exposure to infection from a patient who had an anaphylactic reaction.

[student77]

Thank you

[Ashley I]

No problemo