CT – NCLEX.ME Nurse

Physiological Integrity—Reduction of Risk Potential

A client is scheduled for a CT of the brain with and without IV contrast dye to evaluate a possible hemorrhage. Which finding in the client’s history should the nurse report immediately to the health care provider?

Posted on April 20, 2022 by NCLEX.ME Nurse

allergy to shellfish history of schizophrenia allergy to cephalosporins presence of a pacemaker

Safe and Effective Care Environment—Management of Care

The ED nurse has triaged a client who was in a severe motor vehicle accident. He is unconscious with fractures to the left femur and left humerus and ulna. CT also reveals a large amount of internal hemorrhaging. No identification was found on the client at the scene. What is the correct action by the nurse?

Posted on March 15, 2022 by NCLEX.ME Nurse

prepare the client for emergency surgery try to obtain informed consent from a family member wait until the client is conscious, and then obtain the consent ask...