A Patient Being Treated for Increased Intracranial Pressure (ICP)from a Traumatic

question 6

Multiple Choice

A patient being treated for increased intracranial pressure (ICP) from a traumatic brain injury demonstrates an increase in pressure with minimal care activity.What instruction should the nurse provide the nursing student assisting with care for this patient?

• A)"We will let this patient rest between his bath and changing his linens."
• B)"We are going to bathe this patient,get his linens changed,suction him,and do all of our other care early this morning,so he can get a long rest this afternoon."
• C)"Be certain that we don't raise this patient's head above 10 degrees during his bath."
• D)"You have to learn to suction patients with traumatic brain injury very quickly,taking no more than 30 seconds."

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