The patient is hunched over in the emergency department waiting room, breathing slowly and shallowly. His wife insists he “took something”. The man has bradypnea and marked miosis. Which intoxicant does the nurse suspect?
- NCLEX Practice
- Categories
- Physiological Adaptation
- View Question
- Category: Physiological Adaptation
- Difficulty: 8
Want help? View the answer with rationale.
Additional Physiological Adaptation Questions
- Question Type: Multiple Choice - Select One
- Difficulty: 2
The child had a cast applied the previous day for a broken tibia. The mother returns the child to the provider to report swelling and significant pain. Upon assessment, the nurse notes pale, cool toes with a capillary refill time of 6 seconds. The child denies feeling the nurse's assessment but screams in pain when the leg is moved. The nurse anticipates which treatment for this patient?
- Question Type: Multiple Choice - Select One
- Difficulty: 6
The patient in the intensive care unit who is intubated and mechanically ventilated abruptly requires a drastically increased fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2) and is hypoxic, hypotensive, and tachycardic. Which intervention does the nurse perform first?
- Question Type: Multiple Choice - Select One
- Difficulty: 7
0
