An NCLEX question for you.

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After receiving report, which patient should the nurse see first?

1) Mr. Jones, a 57 year old man with a history of pancreatitis, going through alcohol withdrawal and has a heart rate of 107.

2) Ms. Smith, a 87 year old with COPD who is recovering from hip surgery and needs to ambulate in the hall.

3) Ms. Brown, a 24 year old admitted for sickle cell crisis who is complaining of body aches and wants pain medication.

4) Mr. Thomas, a 82 year old admitted for pneumonia whose oxygen saturation reads at 95% on oxygen at 3 liters per minute via nasal cannula.

*I thought it would be a good idea to start a thread where members could post NCLEX style questions for us to learn from and discuss.*

Tachycardia causes alteration in Cardiac output therefore it does have to do with circulation. The sickle cell is complaining of some pain, not severe. Yes Sickle cell can cause circulation problems but the scenario doesn't say anything about that, just states body aches.

Just saying in my opinion coming from a RN who has taken and passed NCLEX.

Can't say I'm 100% right but that's my thoughts

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