A 10-year-old child is transported to the emergency room by ...

[ishan]

A 10-year-old child is transported to the emergency room by ambulance from the scene of a car accident.
 
  He is alert and oriented X 3;his pulse,respirations,and blood pressure are stable;and his neck and back are immobilized on a backboard. The nurse sees no obvious bleeding. The child states, I can't feel or move my legs. What injury is most likely?
  1. Traumatic brain injury
  2. Ruptured spleen
  3. Traumatic shock
  4. Spinal-cord injury

Question 2

A nurse who tells family members the sex of a newborn baby without first consulting the parents would have committed:
 
  1. A breach of privacy.
  2. Negligence.
  3. Malpractice.
  4. A breach of ethics.

[milbourne11]

Answer to Question 1

Answer:4
Rationale:Spinal-cord injury results in paralysis and anesthesia of the affected body parts below the level of the lesion. Altered levels of consciousness may indicate traumatic brain injury. The child may have a ruptured spleen,but it is not evident from the data given. Traumatic shock results in initially increasing then decreasing pulse and respirations and falling blood pressure.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale 1: A breach of privacy would have been committed in this situation, because informing other family members of the gender without the parents' consent violates the parents' right to privacy. The right to privacy is the right of a person to keep his person and property free from public scrutiny (or even from other family members).
Rationale 2: Negligence is a punishable legal offense, and is more serious.
Rationale 3: Malpractice is a punishable legal offense, and is more serious.
Rationale 4: No breach of ethics has been committed in this situation.

[ishan]

Gracias!

[aliotak]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it