A patient is admitted with a fractured mandible and several fractured ribs.Which priority intervention would the nurse anticipate?
A) Providing pain medication
B) Determining lung function by chest x-ray
C) Maintaining spinal cord injury precautions
D) Stabilizing the rib fractures
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