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
You find a client unresponsive in bed. There is no chest rise, carotid pulse is absent, and the call light is on the floor.
You find a client unresponsive in bed. There is no chest rise, carotid pulse is absent, and the call light is on the floor.
Which action should the PN take first?
