Reassessment includes:
A) repeating the primary assessment.
B) rechecking vital signs and the patient's complaints.
C) checking on the effects of interventions.
D) all of the above.
Question 2
Assuming each patient is unresponsive, not breathing, and shows no signs of circulation, in which one of the following situations should attempts at resuscitation be withheld?
A) A self-inflicted gunshot wound has destroyed the face and head above the lower jaw.
B) The patient's family says that they don't want him hooked up to a machine.
C) It is not known how long he has been this way (not breathing, no pulse), but his skin is warm.
D) The nursing home staff states the patient has a do not resuscitate order, but they are not able to find it.
The nurse conducts the health history as the first step in the nursing assessment
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Primary visual processing areas (blue) in (a) human (lateral and mesial views) and (b) chimpanzee.
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Clinician performing capillary refill assessment.
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