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Identify which of the following clients would be triaged as a "Red" in a mass casualty accident? Select the correct response(s)

Answer 1

Correct Answers:

A 33-year-old female with a sucking chest wound.
A 19 year old male with pulsing bleed to the left groin

Rationale :

✅ 1. A 33-year-old female with a sucking chest wound

🫁 Why it's a Red tag:

🎯A sucking chest wound indicates an open pneumothorax, where air enters the pleural cavity with each breath.

🎯This compromises lung expansion, leading to hypoxia, respiratory distress, and risk of a tension pneumothorax—a rapidly fatal complication if untreated.

🎯In mass casualty triage, airway and breathing issues take top priority.

🎯This condition is immediately life-threatening, but with interventions like an occlusive dressing or chest seal, the client’s life can be saved.

🆘 Requires: Immediate airway/breathing support, possibly chest tube insertion after stabilization.

✅ 2. A 19-year-old male with pulsing bleed to the left groin

🩸 Why it's a Red tag:

🎯A pulsing (arterial) bleed in the groin suggests femoral artery injury, which can result in rapid exsanguination (blood loss).

🎯Clients with uncontrolled arterial hemorrhage can bleed out in minutes without intervention.

🎯This type of injury requires immediate hemorrhage control, such as direct pressure, tourniquet application, or surgical intervention.

🎯In an MCI, clients with massive bleeding that can be stopped are triaged as Red, as they can survive with prompt care.

🆘 Requires: Immediate bleeding control and fluid resuscitation.

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Answer 2

Correct Answers:

chlamydia
gonorrhea
human papillomavirus infection
syphilis

Rationale :

Chlamydia

🔷 Chlamydia trachomatis is the most frequently reported bacterial STI in the United States.

🔷 It affects sexually active teenagers and young adults, especially females aged 15–24.

🔷 Often asymptomatic, it can silently cause long-term damage such as pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and infertility.

🔷 Because of its prevalence and potential consequences, screening and early treatment are essential and heavily emphasized in health education.

Gonorrhea

🔷 Gonorrhea, caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, is the second most reported bacterial STI.

🔷 Like chlamydia, it often presents with minimal or no symptoms, especially in females.

🔷 Untreated gonorrhea can also result in PID, ectopic pregnancy, and infertility, and may increase the risk of HIV transmission.

🔷 It has become a public health concern due to increasing antibiotic resistance, making education critical.

Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

🔷 HPV is the most prevalent STI globally, though not always "reported" due to its asymptomatic nature.

🔷 Certain strains of HPV cause genital warts, while others (especially types 16 and 18) are linked to cervical, anal, and throat cancers.

🔷 Routine HPV vaccination is recommended for adolescents, making it a vital topic in high school education.

🔷 Even though it’s not a “reportable” disease like chlamydia or gonorrhea, its public health impact is profound.

Syphilis

🔷 Syphilis, caused by Treponema pallidum, is resurging in incidence across various age groups.

🔷 It progresses through primary, secondary, latent, and tertiary stages, and if untreated, it can affect the nervous system and cardiovascular system.

🔷 Congenital syphilis is also increasing, making it especially concerning in reproductive health.

🔷 Due to rising case numbers and long-term complications, syphilis is a focus in STI prevention efforts.

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Answer 3

Correct Answers:

Ineffective airway clearance related to airway alterations

Rationale :

🔶 Maintaining a patent airway is the highest postoperative priority following a laryngectomy because the surgery alters the normal airway anatomy.

🔶 After removal of the larynx, the client breathes through a permanent stoma (tracheostomy) in the neck, which bypasses the upper airway.

🔶 Secretions can easily accumulate in this new airway, leading to airway obstruction, hypoxia, or infection if not properly cleared.

🔶 The nurse must ensure the airway is patent, provide humidified oxygen, perform suctioning if needed, and monitor for respiratory distress.

🔶 While other concerns like communication and nutrition are important, airway management always takes precedence in immediate postoperative care.

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Answer 4

Correct Answers:

Apply ice to the bridge of the nose.

Rationale :

🔷 Applying ice to the bridge of the nose causes vasoconstriction, which helps reduce blood flow to the area and can stop bleeding when direct pressure alone is insufficient.

🔷 For epistaxis (nosebleed), initial management includes tilting the head forward and applying direct pressure for 5–10 minutes, followed by cold application if bleeding persists.

🔷 This is a non-invasive, immediate next step that complements pressure without introducing foreign material into the nasal passage prematurely.

🔷 If bleeding continues after ice and pressure, packing with cotton or transfer may be considered, but ice is the next logical step after pressure fails.

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Answer 5

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Humidify the indoor environment.

Rationale :

🌬️ Dry air is a common cause of nasal mucosa irritation and rupture of capillaries, especially during winter or in arid environments. Using a humidifier helps maintain moisture in nasal passages, reducing the risk of bleeding.

🌬️ Keeping the nasal mucosa moist is especially important for clients prone to epistaxis, as it prevents crusting and cracking inside the nose.

🌬️ Unlike decongestants, which may worsen dryness, humidification supports nasal tissue integrity and natural healing.

🌬️ This strategy is preventive and non-invasive, making it ideal for at-home management and epistaxis prevention.

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Answer 6

Correct Answers:

Use of extended-spectrum antibiotics
Population movements
Increased global travel

Rationale :

Use of extended-spectrum antibiotics

➤ The widespread use of antibiotics, especially broad-spectrum agents, in both human and veterinary medicine has led to antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

➤ Bacteria such as MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) and drug-resistant TB are direct outcomes of this.

➤ These resistant strains can spread globally, making infections harder to treat and fueling the emergence of more potent and dangerous disease strains.

Population movements

➤ Migration, whether due to war, famine, or environmental disasters, can lead to overcrowded living conditions, poor sanitation, and breakdown of public health systems.

➤ These factors enhance disease transmission and the reintroduction of diseases into previously non-endemic regions.

➤ Examples include the spread of cholera in refugee camps and measles outbreaks in displaced populations.

Increased global travel

➤ With millions traveling daily, infectious agents can travel faster than ever. A person infected with a novel virus can cross continents before showing symptoms.

➤ This accelerates the globalization of local outbreaks, as seen with COVID-19, SARS, and Zika virus.

➤ Air travel creates a "fast track" for disease spread across international borders.

Globalization of food supplies

➤ Mass food production and international food trade mean that a contamination incident in one country can cause foodborne illness outbreaks globally.

➤ Examples include E. coli outbreaks linked to leafy greens and listeriosis from imported dairy or processed meats.

➤ Global food supply chains make detection and containment difficult, promoting the emergence of foodborne diseases.

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Answer 7

Correct Answers:

Do not eliminate insulin when nauseated and vomiting.

Rationale :

🔹 Continued insulin administration is crucial during illness—even if the client is not eating normally. Illness and infection often increase counter-regulatory hormones like cortisol and epinephrine, which can raise blood glucose levels and precipitate diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in type 1 diabetes.

🔹 Nausea or vomiting does not eliminate the need for insulin, as ketone production can still occur due to insulin deficiency, even if food intake is reduced.

🔹 Clients are taught to monitor blood glucose every 2–4 hours, drink fluids, and report glucose readings typically above 250 mg/dL (13.9 mmol/L), not 150 mg/dL, which is within the mild elevation range.

🔹 The educator must reinforce “sick day rules”, which include: take insulin as prescribed, test blood glucose frequently, check for ketones, and maintain hydration.

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Answer 8

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Adjust the oxygen via nasal cannula to 5 liters.
Call the lab
Ensure the client has continuous telemetry monitoring.
Notify the clients cardiology specialist.

Rationale :

Adjust the oxygen via nasal cannula to 5 liters

🔹 Oxygen therapy is recommended if the client is hypoxic, dyspneic, or has an oxygen saturation below 90%.

🔹 Supplemental oxygen can improve myocardial oxygen supply and reduce ischemic injury.

🔹 The goal is to maintain SpO₂ above 90–94% depending on the clinical protocol.

Call the lab

🔹 Notify the lab for STAT cardiac biomarkers, including:

Troponin I or T – the most specific and sensitive marker for myocardial injury

Creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB) – supportive marker

Complete metabolic panel and coagulation profile – to guide medication administration

🔹 Lab confirmation is essential for guiding treatment decisions and verifying diagnosis.

Ensure the client has continuous telemetry monitoring

🔹 Clients with STEMI are at high risk for life-threatening arrhythmias, including ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation.

🔹 Continuous telemetry allows for real-time detection of rhythm changes and rapid response.

🔹 This also enables monitoring of ST segment changes, HR trends, and QT interval with therapy.

Notify the client’s cardiology specialist

🔹 Immediate communication with a cardiologist or cardiac intervention team is critical for activating the STEMI protocol.

🔹 Many facilities use “Code STEMI” pathways that expedite transport to the cath lab.

🔹 Early involvement of the cardiology team ensures the client is evaluated for angiography, stenting, or thrombolytic therapy.

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Answer 9

Correct Answers:

Malnourished clients receiving parenteral nutrition are at risk for hypophosphatemia if calories are started too aggressively.

Rationale :

🧪 Refeeding syndrome is a potentially fatal complication that can occur when calories, especially carbohydrates, are reintroduced too rapidly in a severely malnourished client—such as this patient recently admitted from a homeless shelter.

🧪 When TPN is started, the sudden influx of glucose causes insulin secretion, which drives phosphate, potassium, and magnesium into the cells, leading to profound hypophosphatemia, and in some cases, hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia.

🧪 Phosphate is critical for energy metabolism (ATP), and a drop can cause muscle weakness, respiratory failure, arrhythmias, and neurologic symptoms.

🧪 To avoid this, TPN must be initiated slowly, with close monitoring of electrolytes, especially phosphate, during the first few days of refeeding.

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Answer 10

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Use guided imagery along with pain medication.

Rationale :

🌿 Guided imagery is a non-pharmacologic relaxation technique that uses mental visualization to promote calmness and distraction from pain.

🌿 When combined with appropriate analgesics, guided imagery can significantly reduce both pain perception and anxiety, enhancing overall postoperative comfort.

🌿 This approach taps into the mind-body connection, helping the client focus away from pain and build a sense of control, which is especially beneficial in the early recovery phase.

🌿 It is safe, evidence-based, and can be taught easily without special equipment—making it ideal in the postoperative setting alongside medications.

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PNR 206 Medical - Surgical Nursing II Cohort 38

No.

1 :
Identify which of the following clients would be triaged as a "Red" in a mass casualty accident? Select the correct response(s)

2 :
A nurse is preparing a presentation for a local high school health class about STIs. When discussing the most commonly reported STIs, which infection would the nurse most likely include? Select all that apply.

3 :
The nurse is planning the care of a client who is scheduled for a laryngectomy. The nurse should assign the highest priority to which postoperative nursing diagnosis?

5 :
The nurse is caring for a client with epistaxis in the emergency department. Which information should the nurse include in client discharge teaching as a way to prevent epistaxis?

6 :
The nurse educator is discussing emerging diseases with a group of nurses. The educator should cite what causes of emerging diseases? Select all that apply.

7 :
A diabetes nurse educator is teaching a group of clients with type 1 diabetes about "sick day rules." What guideline applies to periods of illness in a diabetic client?

8 :
Which of the following interventions will the nurse implement if the above rhythm is noted? (Select all that apply) Select the correct response(s):

Adjust the oxygen via nasal cannula to 5 liters

10 :
The nurse is caring for a client who anticipates pain and anxiety following surgery. Which intervention should the nurse implement in the postoperative period to reduce the client's pain and anxiety?

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PNR 206 Medical - Surgical Nursing II Cohort 38

No.

1 : Identify which of the following clients would be triaged as a "Red" in a mass casualty accident? Select the correct response(s)

2 : A nurse is preparing a presentation for a local high school health class about STIs. When discussing the most commonly reported STIs, which infection would the nurse most likely include? Select all that apply.

3 : The nurse is planning the care of a client who is scheduled for a laryngectomy. The nurse should assign the highest priority to which postoperative nursing diagnosis?

5 : The nurse is caring for a client with epistaxis in the emergency department. Which information should the nurse include in client discharge teaching as a way to prevent epistaxis?

6 : The nurse educator is discussing emerging diseases with a group of nurses. The educator should cite what causes of emerging diseases? Select all that apply.

7 : A diabetes nurse educator is teaching a group of clients with type 1 diabetes about "sick day rules." What guideline applies to periods of illness in a diabetic client?

8 : Which of the following interventions will the nurse implement if the above rhythm is noted? (Select all that apply) Select the correct response(s):

Adjust the oxygen via nasal cannula to 5 liters

10 : The nurse is caring for a client who anticipates pain and anxiety following surgery. Which intervention should the nurse implement in the postoperative period to reduce the client's pain and anxiety?

1 :
Identify which of the following clients would be triaged as a "Red" in a mass casualty accident? Select the correct response(s)

2 :
A nurse is preparing a presentation for a local high school health class about STIs. When discussing the most commonly reported STIs, which infection would the nurse most likely include? Select all that apply.

3 :
The nurse is planning the care of a client who is scheduled for a laryngectomy. The nurse should assign the highest priority to which postoperative nursing diagnosis?

5 :
The nurse is caring for a client with epistaxis in the emergency department. Which information should the nurse include in client discharge teaching as a way to prevent epistaxis?

6 :
The nurse educator is discussing emerging diseases with a group of nurses. The educator should cite what causes of emerging diseases? Select all that apply.

7 :
A diabetes nurse educator is teaching a group of clients with type 1 diabetes about "sick day rules." What guideline applies to periods of illness in a diabetic client?

8 :
Which of the following interventions will the nurse implement if the above rhythm is noted? (Select all that apply) Select the correct response(s):

10 :
The nurse is caring for a client who anticipates pain and anxiety following surgery. Which intervention should the nurse implement in the postoperative period to reduce the client's pain and anxiety?