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809779 · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

A 10-month-old is brought to the emergency department by her parents after they found her face down in the bathtub. The mother said, I just left the bathroom to answer the phone. When I came back, I found her.

Which of the following assessments would be the priority? A) Airway, breathing, and circulation
B) Level of consciousness
C) Vital signs
D) Pupillary response

Question 2

A nursing instructor is presenting a class for a group of students about community-based nursing interventions.

The instructor determines that additional teaching is needed when the students identify which of the following as a role of the community-based nurse? A) Conducting childbirth education classes
B) Counseling a pregnant teen with anemia
C) Consulting with a parent of a child who is vomiting
D) Performing epidemiologic investigations

Loise Hard · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A
Feedback:
With a submersion injury, hypoxia is the primary problem. Therefore, assessment of airway, breathing, and circulation are the priority assessments for which the nurse would institute resuscitative measures. Other assessments such as level of consciousness, vital signs, and papillary response would be done once the child's airway, breathing, and circulation are assessed and emergency interventions are instituted.

Answer to Question 2

D
Feedback:
Community health nurses, not community-based nurses, perform epidemiologic investigations to help analyze and develop health policy and community health initiatives. Community-based nurses are involved in teaching, such as childbirth education classes; counseling, such as with a pregnant teenager; and consulting with clients.