A Client Is Brought to the Emergency Department After a Car

question 8

Multiple Choice

A client is brought to the emergency department after a car crash.The client has a large piece of glass in the left eye.What action by the nurse takes priority?

• A) Administer a tetanus booster shot.
• B) Ensure the client has a patent airway.
• C) Prepare to irrigate the client's eye.
• D) Turn the client on the unaffected side.

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Definitions:

Preganglionic Neurons

are neurons originating in the central nervous system that extend to autonomic ganglia, communicating signals to postganglionic neurons outside the central nervous system.

Pelvic Splanchnic Nerves

Nerves that arise from the sacral spinal cord, innervating the lower abdomen, pelvis, and contributing to the function of urinary and reproductive organs.

Parasympathetic Division

A division of the autonomic nervous system that conserves energy by slowing the heart rate and increasing digestive and glandular activities.

Postganglionic Neurons

Neurons that transmit impulses away from ganglia (collections of nerve cell bodies) in the autonomic nervous system to a target organ or tissue.