Problem: The nurse in the emergency department conducts the initial assessment of a school-age client reporting severe upper arm pain. When the nurse asks the client how the injury occurred, the client looks at the parent and the parent states that the child fell off the couch. Which action should the nurse take first when the x-ray result reveals a spiral fracture of the humerus? Need Assignment Help?
1. Document the inconsistency between the injury and the history provided by the parent.
2. Explain to the parent that the injury does not match the history.
3 Communicate the details of the situation to the nurse's immediate sunervisor
4. Tell the parent to allow the client to answer the nurse's auestions