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stephzh

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A nurse is asked to help with triage after an earthquake hits the area. What is expected of the triage nurse?
 
  A) Identify people who require immediate medical care
  B) Assign personnel to areas needing assistance
  C) Release information to the press
  D) Communicate with areas receiving those affected

Question 2

The nurse is performing an assessment of a 5-year-old child who is seeing the pediatrician because of a productive cough lasting over a week. The mother states that she gave the child a teaspoon of cough syrup 3 hours ago.
 
  How many milliliters (mL) of syrup would the nurse document on the child's chart? A) 1 mL
  B) 2 mL
  C) 4 mL
  D) 5 mL


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Reply #1 on: Jul 17, 2018
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As a triage person, the nurse is expected to identify people who require immediate medical care. Assigning personnel to areas needing assistance, releasing information to the press, and communicating with the areas receiving those affected are the additional responsibilities of the identified command center.

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A teaspoon used in the household measurement system equals 5 mL in the metric system. The household system has been replaced in healthcare by the metric system.


stephzh

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Reply 2 on: Jul 17, 2018
Excellent

rachel

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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