An Emergency Department Nurse Is Caring for a Child in a Sickle

question 5

Multiple Choice

An emergency department nurse is caring for a child in a sickle cell crisis.The nurse suspects the etiology of the crisis as being thrombotic in nature due to which clinical manifestations?

• A) The patient has profound pallor and fatigue.
• B) The patient is in extreme pain.
• C) The patient has profound hypotension and shock.
• D) The patient's chest CT reveals a pulmonary infarct.