A Patient Is Admitted with a Fractured Mandible and Several

question 8

Multiple Choice

A patient is admitted with a fractured mandible and several fractured ribs.Which priority intervention would the nurse anticipate?

• A)Providing pain medication
• B)Determining lung function by chest x-ray
• C)Maintaining spinal cord injury precautions
• D)Stabilizing the rib fractures

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