The Nurse Completes a Health and Physical Assessment on a Patient

question 25

Multiple Choice

The nurse completes a health and physical assessment on a patient admitted with a fractured pelvis. Which of the following tasks should the nurse do next?

• A) Analyze and cluster the assessment information.
• B) Formulate a nursing diagnosis addressing actual issues.
• C) Determine the need for potential nursing diagnoses.
• D) Create health promotion diagnoses for the patient.

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Definitions:

Parenteral

A route of administering medications or nutrients bypassing the digestive system, often by injection through various means such as intravenous, intramuscular, or subcutaneous.

Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat

A medical specialty, often abbreviated as ENT, that deals with disorders and conditions of the eye, ear, nose, and throat.

Milliliter

A unit of volume in the metric system, equal to one-thousandth of a liter, commonly used to measure liquids.

Discontinue

The act of ending or stopping something, such as medication or treatment.