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When treating an infant choking on a foreign body the nurse should use a combination of __ and chest thrusts.
Correct Answer: blows
Rationale: If the nurse is assisting a child who has aspirated a foreign body, the nurse may treat the child in a manner similar to the adult with performance of abdominal thrusts. However, there is a potential for injury if the nurse uses this maneuver in the infant. The nurse should use a combination of back blows and chest thrusts with an infant.
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The acronym RICE directs the nurse in the care of a sprain. The "C" in the acronym stands for __.
Correct Answer: compression
Rationale: The acronym stands for Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation.
A visitor in the hospital slips and falls. The patient's arm appears dislocated and the visitor is unable to move it. What is the first action the nurse should implement?
- A. Apply cold packs.
- B. Check range of motion.
- C. Splint the arm.
- D. Apply an Ace bandage.
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The nurse should splint the arm where it lies and not attempt to move or rearrange the limb.
The patient arrived at the emergency department in pain and bleeding profusely with the following vital signs: BP 80/54 P 102 RR 22. What does the nurse recognize that these symptoms indicate?
- A. Inadequate perfusion
- B. Circulatory shock
- C. Massive vasodilation
- D. Heart failure
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Shock results from failure of the circulatory system to provide sufficient blood circulation.
When performing __ on an infant the breastbone is depressed approximately one-third of the chest diameter or __ in.
Correct Answer: CPR, 1.5
Rationale: The breastbone is depressed one-third the chest diameter or in when doing CPR on an infant.
The worried mother of an accident victim asks the nurse how much circulating blood an average adult male is supposed to have. What will the nurse reply?
- A. 8 pints
- B. 10 pints
- C. 12 pints
- D. 14 pints
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: An average adult male has 12 pints of blood.