NUR2755 / NUR 2755 FINAL EXAM (Latest 2025 / 2026): Multidimensional Care IV / MDC 4 - Rasmussen

NUR2755 / NUR 2755 FINAL EXAM (Latest 2025 / 2026): Multidimensional Care IV / MDC 4 - Rasmussen What does triaging do? - Correct Answer *acts as gatekeeper* helps prioritize patient care based on illness and severity level According to triage, what patients would be seen firtst - Correct Answer highest acuity patients will receive quickest intervention (Most ill/severe will get seen first) What is a good model for triaging patients? - Correct Answer ABCs Is hospital triaging the same as mass casualty triaging? - Correct Answer NO Which triage situation uses tags? - Correct Answer mass casualties what are the categories of triage? - Correct Answer - emergent - urgent - nonurgent - primary survey what classifies a patient as emergent according to triage - Correct Answer - life threatening injuries - needs immediate treatment what patient conditions warrant an emergent status of triage - Correct Answer - respiratory distress - chest pain with diaphoresis - stroke - active hemorrhage - unstable vitals what classifies a patient as urgent according to triage - Correct Answer patient should be treated quickly but there is not and immediate threat to life what patient conditions warrant an urgent status for triage - Correct Answer - severe abdominal pain - renal colic - displaced multiple fractures - new onset of respiratory infection (pneumonia