Which Finding for a Patient Who Has a Head Injury

question 3

Multiple Choice

Which finding for a patient who has a head injury should the nurse report immediately to the health care provider?

• A) Intracranial pressure is 16 mm Hg when patient is turned.
• B) Pale yellow urine output is 1200 mL over the last 2 hours.
• C) LICOX brain tissue oxygenation catheter shows PbtO₂ of 38 mm Hg.
• D) Ventriculostomy drained 40 mL of cerebrospinal fluid in the last 2 hours.

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Definitions:

Mode 6 Data

Diagnostic data provided by on-board vehicle computers, detailing test results for specific components and systems not necessarily flagged by a check engine light.

Failure Record

Documentation of instances where a system or component did not perform as expected.

DTC

Diagnostic Trouble Codes, which are codes stored by a vehicle's onboard diagnostics (OBD) system to alert users to various issues or malfunctions within the vehicle.

SAE J2012

A standardized diagnostic trouble code (DTC) set by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) for reporting vehicle malfunctions.