How this exercise works
Read the clinical scenario and choose the first nursing action. Use ABC order — airway and breathing emergencies before circulation issues, then less urgent needs.
Fundamental concept
Selecting the first nursing action by addressing airway, breathing, and circulation threats before lesser urgent needs.
Read: ABC Prioritization for NCLEX-PN →Scenario
Minutes after receiving IV ceftriaxone, a client develops audible wheezing, throat tightness, generalized urticaria, and blood pressure 86/52 mm Hg.
Minutes after receiving IV ceftriaxone, a client develops audible wheezing, throat tightness, generalized urticaria, and blood pressure 86/52 mm Hg.
Which intervention should the PN perform first?
