Question 15 - Environment and Toxicology Emergencies and Communicable Diseases Practice Test for the CEN

The nurse is caring for a 28-year-old man who was bitten by his cat on his right forearm. Which of the following actions should be performed first?

Initiate IV antibiotics.
Review the cat’s vaccination information.
Irrigate the wound with sterile saline.
Initiate oral antibiotics.

Hint

Be sure to consider describing words like first (second, third, etc.), number one (two, three, etc.), top, prior to, priority, prioritize, increase, next, then, last, before, between, initial(ly), immediate(ly), direct(ly), final, earliest, latest, ultimately, original(ly), 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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