A 38-year-old male presents to the emergency department following an abdominal gunshot wound. The patient is progressing quickly into hypovolemic shock due to blood loss. The nurse anticipates performing which of the following interventions first?
Perform rapid administration of IV fluids.
Obtain informed consent for abdominal laparoscopy.
Allow police officers to question the patient prior to his operation.
Provide PRN morphine 5 mg IV for pain.
Be sure to consider describing words like first, next, before, and after in questions. They indicate that there is one particular correct answer, even if the other answer choices may be related to the question.
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