The patient is brought to the emergency department following an accident with significant burns. The patient is conscious and alert with 3rd-degree burns over 50% of his body. The nurse helps to get a history and perform a thorough physical examination of this patient. Which type of assessment is the nurse performing?

Which patient does the nurse advocate to be transferred to the intensive care unit?

The 19-year-old female patient is brought to the emergency department by her mother for severe abdominal pain. The patient denies being sexually active, but a point of care pregnancy test is positive. Which action does the nurse take next?