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The nurse is caring for a client in anaphylactic shock in the emergency room (ER).  The client has already received two doses of intramuscular (IM) Epinephrine.  The nurse reviews the provider orders and knows which of the following is not an appropriate order for anaphylactic shock?

The suspected nurse injected ____________  into pediatic patients in the PICU which caused blood to seep from central catheter (PICC ) lines, needle pricks, and othe rinjection sites.

The nurse is caring for a client admitted with multiple gun shot wounds to the abdomen.  While performing an assessment on the client, the nurse notes two bullet holes in the client’s abdomen in the right lower and right upper quadrants.  Additional exam findings ecchymosis around the umbilicus, abdominal subcutaneous emphysema, abdominal distention, and rebound tenderness.  Based on the provided information, the nurse is most concerned about which of the following injuries?

The nurse is caring for a client with C2 and C3 vertebral fracture and has a halo traction device.  The client did not sustain a spinal cord injury (SCI).  The nurse knows all the following are correct about the halo device except:

The nurse is caring for a client in septic shock and knows that which of the following is not true?

The nurse is caring for a client in cardiogenic shock.  Determine if the below factors would be increased, decreased, normal, wide, or narrow in cardiogenic shock.  This is overall for cardiogenic shock and not stage specific.  ** You may use terms more than once and may also have terms that are unused. **

Why was the evidence of the suspected drug untraceable?

The nurse is caring for a client who experienced a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and developed diabetes insipidus (DI) three days after the TBI.  The nurse knows that all the following statements are accurate about DI except:

The data from the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) showed __________________ not associated with the patient’s admittance to PICU.

The nurse is caring for a client admitted with an acute spinal cord injury (SCI) due to a gunshot wound.  The client is in the intensive care unit (ICU) in neurogenic shock.  The nurse knows that which of the following statements are accurate about neurogenic shock?  (Select all that apply)