A patient being treated for increased intracranial pressure (ICP) from a traumatic brain injury demonstrates an increase in pressure with minimal care activity.What instruction should the nurse provide the nursing student assisting with care for this patient?
A) "We will let this patient rest between his bath and changing his linens."
B) "We are going to bathe this patient,get his linens changed,suction him,and do all of our other care early this morning,so he can get a long rest this afternoon."
C) "Be certain that we don't raise this patient's head above 10 degrees during his bath."
D) "You have to learn to suction patients with traumatic brain injury very quickly,taking no more than 30 seconds."
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