A 28-year-old patient is brought to the emergency department…
A 28-year-old patient is brought to the emergency department after a motorcycle accident. The patient has a suspected spinal cord injury at the T5 level. Which of the following findings most likely indicates that the patient is experiencing neurogenic shock due to the spinal cord injury?
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You are the nurse in a busy emergency department when a patient is brought in by paramedics with suspected opioid overdose. The patient is unresponsive, with pinpoint pupils, and has a respiratory rate of 6 breaths per minute. After administering naloxone, what should be your immediate next step?
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A newborn is admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) with suspected sepsis. As part of your assessment, you need to determine whether the sepsis is more likely to be early onset or late onset based on the clinical presentation and timing of symptoms.Which of the following scenarios is most indicative of early onset sepsis rather than late onset sepsis in a newborn?
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