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
You find a client unresponsive in bed. There is no chest rise, carotid pulse is absent, and the call light is on the floor.
You find a client unresponsive in bed. There is no chest rise, carotid pulse is absent, and the call light is on the floor.
Which action should the PN take first?
