Multiple Choice
A patient reports to the emergency room nurse that she is 10 weeks pregnant, with unilateral pelvic pain, shoulder pain, and faintness. Her color is pale, she is diaphoretic, and her heart rate is 140 bpm. What is the nurse's priority action?
A) Initiate an ordered IV of lactated Ringer's at 200 mL/hr.
B) Take the patient for her ordered pelvic ultrasound.
C) Ask the patient if she has had any recent vaginal bleeding.
D) Ask the patient if she has ever been told she has had salpingitis.
Correct Answer:
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