An unconscious teenager is treated in the emergency department. The teenager's friends suspect the teenager was drugged and raped at a party. Priority action by the nurse should focus on

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Because the patient is unconscious, the risk for airway obstruction is present. The nurse's priority will focus on maintaining physiological stability. The distracters are of lower priority than preserving physiological functioning.

An Unconscious Teenager Is Treated in the Emergency Department