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Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 13th Edition by Kerry Cheever, Janice Hinkle

Edition 13ISBN: 9781469831770
book Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 13th Edition by Kerry Cheever, Janice Hinkle cover

Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 13th Edition by Kerry Cheever, Janice Hinkle

Edition 13ISBN: 9781469831770
Exercise 1
A 20-year-old man who is morbidly obese is admitted to your unit with severechest pain. He is complaining of extreme shortness of breath with sternal chest pain.What are your priorities for assessing this patient's current condition? How wouldthese priorities change if the patient shows you a bruise on his chest from beinginvolved in a motor vehicle crash 2 days ago?
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The patient is experiencing acute pain. ...

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