A nurse in an emergency department is preparing a client for emergency surgery.The client's blood alcohol level is 180 mg/dL.Which of the following actions is the nurse's priority?A. Insert an indwelling urinary catheter.B. Insert an NG tube.C. Obtain consent for surgery.D. Apply antiembolic stockings.

A patient is admitted to the emergency department with an overdose of a barbiturate. The nurse immediately prepares to administer which of the following from the emergency drug cart?

30) A patient with septic shock has a urine output of 20 ml/hr for the past 3 hours. Thepulse rate is 120, and the central venous pressure and pulmonary artery wedgepressure are low. Which of these orders by the health care provider will the nursequestion?(a) Give furosemide(b) Increased normal saline infusion(c) Administer hydrocortisone(d) Prepare to give broad spectrum antibiotic

The nurse is admitting a new client from the emergency department who suffered a hemorrhagic stroke three days ago.  Which of the following prescriptions and orders should the nurse question?Cassidy RhodyID: 112703Question 23Select all that apply:Insert an indwelling catheter due to impaired eliminationLabetalol 10 mg IV PRNIntake of 2000 mL of fluids per dayEnoxaparin 1 mg/kg SC q12hrsActive range-of-motion (ROM) exercises every 4 hours

7. A 37-year-old male is admitted with a severely abscessed tooth, BP 90/42, HR 136, RR28, Spo2 90% on room air, temperature 38.7o C. The nurse suspects that the patient hasdeveloped sepsis. What is the priority nursing intervention?A. Insert an indwelling urinary catheter.B. Initiate intravenous fluid resuscitation.C. Obtain a complete chemistry for laboratory analysis.D. Administer prescribed antibiotics prior to blood cultures.B. Initiate intravenous fluid resuscitation.

The nurse receives a unit of blood from the blood bank for a postoperative client who is currently in the X-ray department. Which action should the nurse implement?