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
Four hours after vaginal delivery, a client soaks two perineal pads in 15 minutes, heart rate 118/min, blood pressure 92/58 mm Hg, and the uterus is boggy above the umbilicus.
Four hours after vaginal delivery, a client soaks two perineal pads in 15 minutes, heart rate 118/min, blood pressure 92/58 mm Hg, and the uterus is boggy above the umbilicus.
Which action takes priority?
