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We are having an ethical debate in our LPN class and the scenario we have is kind of hard to come points for. Here is the scenario: You work in a rural ER and a storm just came through the area. You have received 3 critical care patients within a couple of minutes. The first patient that arrived is a 60 year old female that is having difficult breathing. She appears to have chest trauma and needs an IV, 02, x-ray, lab testing, and probable chest tube placed in order to survive. The second patient is a child that is brought in is having an asthma attack. The third patient arrives and the squad is performing CPR. This patient has been down for about 8 minutes. There are only 2 of you working. You have called the on-call nurse, but she will not be in for another 30 minutes. You have also called the MD, who states he will be there within 20 minutes. How will you handle this situation? We are for pro: Triage patient (Starting with patient #3, #1 and then #2) The other team are con: Triage patient (Look at limited resources and forget about #3, try to save #1 and #2)

Well, I've already used Skin Integrity so I had to choose something different.

For my Dx I've got risk for infection related to recent surgical procedure and my patient goal is the client will show absence of signs of infection during my shift. I'm kind of having trouble coming up with two patient outcomes. Any suggestions?