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A friend brings a teenager to the emergency department. The friend found the patient unconscious in a bedroom at a party. Semen is observed on the patient's underclothes. Priority actions by the nurse should focus on:
 
  a. preserving rape evidence.
  b. maintaining the patient's airway.
  c. obtaining a description of the rape.
  d. determining what drugs were ingested.
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Because the patient is unconscious, the risk for airway obstruction is present. The distracters are of lower priority than preserving physiological functioning.
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