NCLEX-PN Exam Practice

Category - Patient Care

Your patient has been diagnosed with a hyphema following hitting their head on the steering wheel during a car accident. What position would you want to place this patient in?

  1. Supine
  2. Semi- fowlers
  3. Lateral
  4. Trendelenburg
Explanation

Answer: B - The patient should be placed in semi-fowlers position on bed rest. A hyphema is caused by a force, such as hitting your head on the steering wheel, strong enough to break the blood vessels in the eye. Placing the patient in semi-fowlers position lets gravity work to keep the hyphema away from the optical center of the cornea.

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