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When a patient arrives at the emergency department following a burn, the nurse’s priorities of care include:

The intensive care nurse is educating the spouse of a client who is being treated with shock. The spouse states, “The doctor said she has shock. What is that?” What is the nurse’s best response?

A client with myocardial infarction is going into cardiogenic shock. Because of myocardial ischemia, a nurse would assess the client carefully for:

Refer to Voices from the Field 2.3 (page 60): Knowing your Client’s History and Avoiding Retraumatization. If you were the visiting counselor (James Jackson) in this situation where this occurred, what would be your next steps?

Refer to the section on in-home counseling. What are some best practice protocols a counselor can put into place to increase their safety? 

Adults generally have how many permanent teeth?

The volume of air capable of being expired in addition to tidal volume.

What structure is superior to the larynx and part of the digestive system that channels food/liquids to the esophagus?

Human beings have how many sets of teeth?

Invertebrates are separated from vertebrates by not