The nurse is assigned to a patient who is suffering from acute pericarditis. The patient suddenly becomes hypotensive with signs of peripheral vascular insufficiency. On exam, the patient has significant jugular venous distention and muffled heart sounds. Which statement best describes the pathophysiology of this patient’s condition?

The nurse removes the dressing of a stage 3 pressure injury on the sacrum and finds the wound bed to be reddish-pink and the edges are attached but rolled and ridged. The nurse uses which term to document the wound edges?

The nurse is caring for a 60-year-old male with congenital spinal stenosis, who is diagnosed acute herniated disc. Which of the following conditions is most likely to occur as a result of the patient’s condition?