A patient with multiple serious injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident is lying beside his wrecked motorcycle unconscious and bleeding when the rescuer arrives at the scene. The rescuer's priority action would be:
a. assessing blood loss.
b. assessing respiratory status.
c. obtaining vital signs.
d. organizing laypeople at the scene.
Question 2
The nurse concludes that a significant goal of the care plan for an alcoholic patient has been met when the patient states:
a. I drink because I'm lonely.
b. All my difficulties are related to my drinking.
c. I wouldn't need to drink if I had my family back.
d. My drinking helps me cope with the stress of my job.
Sublingual medication administration. Photograph of a male patient placing a nitroglycerine tablet u
Each patient is greeted by the receptionist.
Patient Teaching Methods Cont.
Pneumonia patient’s chest x-ray. Note the irregular areas of density.
Toxoplasma gondii in the heart of an HIV patient.
Types of Blast Injuries (Part 1 of 2)