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The West Monroe papermill has experienced an explosion and chemical fire. Fifty workers have been transported to the ER. As the triage nurse, you must appropriately triage the following patients based on the standard green, yellow, red or black triaging system. 61 year old female Has blood in nose, mouth, and ears. She is not breathing Faint, thready pulse Unresponsive 44 year old male c/o abdominal tenderness Has a minor abdominal injury with shrapnel Currently wandering around looking for spouse who is also an employee of the company is Awake & Oriented  RR 24 Strong radial pulse 32 year old male Right upper extremity arterial bleed and second degree burns to 20% of the body Awake and oriented  Reacts to pain RR 38 States “I’m so thirsty!”

Each resident admitted must have a fall risk assessment performed so that appropriate actions to prevent falls can be included in the nursing care plan. The items are considered when doing a fall risk assessment on a newly admitted resident include: (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is instructing a nursing student about protective device use. The nurse recognizes the need for further instruction when the nursing student states, “I will:

A client reports feeling “different” than earlier in the day. When would the nurse anticipate assessing vital signs?

A patient has left sided paralysis following a right-sided cerebrovascular accident (CVA). After completing a bed bath, the nurse should begin to change the sheets by:

The poem “Myth” by Natasha Trethewey uses which of the following devices?

Critical race theory is associated with which of the major theoretical perspectives or schools of thought in sociology?

What activity is MOST likely to take the place of a yoga class for a working-class woman given what you have read about socioeconomic status and life chances?

A state is called ________ when whites are less than half the population.

An example of prejudice is