Question 5 - Professional Caring and Ethical Practice Practice Test for the CCRN

An unconscious patient presents to the emergency department following a motor vehicle accident. The patient arrives with a steadily growing abdominal girth, periumbilical bruising, blood pressure 86/49, and hemoglobin of 5.3 g/dL. Which intervention should the nurse perform first?

Hint

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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