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
A client with a chest tube disconnected during transfer now has tracheal deviation, absent breath sounds on the right, distended neck veins, and SpO₂ 85%.
A client with a chest tube disconnected during transfer now has tracheal deviation, absent breath sounds on the right, distended neck veins, and SpO₂ 85%.
What is the priority action?
