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
During lunch, a 72-year-old client clutches the throat, cannot speak, but coughs weakly with stridor and SpO₂ 91%.
During lunch, a 72-year-old client clutches the throat, cannot speak, but coughs weakly with stridor and SpO₂ 91%.
What should the PN do first?
