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
During lunch, a 72-year-old client clutches the throat, cannot speak, but coughs weakly with stridor and SpO₂ 91%.
During lunch, a 72-year-old client clutches the throat, cannot speak, but coughs weakly with stridor and SpO₂ 91%.
What should the PN do first?
