A child arrives at the emergency department with a nosebleed. on assessment, the nurse is told by the mother that the nosebleed began suddenly and for no apparent reason. what is the initial nursing action?

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Keenan

31 January, 13:17

A child arrives at the emergency department with a nosebleed. on assessment, the nurse is told by the mother that the nosebleed began suddenly and for no apparent reason. what is the initial nursing action?

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Emery Sampson · Answer 1

The initial nursing action that the nurse should do first is to apply first aid in the child's nose bleed. It is best to take action first in to having to make the nose bleed stop as this will make the child lose blood if not taken care of. After that, the nurse should assess the patient in order to figure out the cause of the problem,