How this exercise works
Read the clinical scenario and choose the first nursing action. Use ABC order, airway and breathing emergencies before circulation issues, then less urgent needs.
Fundamental concept
Selecting the first nursing action by addressing airway, breathing, and circulation threats before lesser urgent needs.
Read: ABC Prioritization for NCLEX-PN →Scenario
Minutes after receiving IV ceftriaxone, a client develops audible wheezing, throat tightness, generalized urticaria, and blood pressure 86/52 mm Hg.
Minutes after receiving IV ceftriaxone, a client develops audible wheezing, throat tightness, generalized urticaria, and blood pressure 86/52 mm Hg.
Which intervention should the PN perform first?
