Challenge the School Nurse Archive | National Board for Certification of School Nurses (NBCSN)

November 2024

What are the crieria used to rapidly assess a student using the AVPU scale?

Alert, Vomiting, Responds to painful stimuli, Unresponsive to light

Alert, Responds to verbal stimuli, Responds to painful stimuli, Unresponsive to noxious stimuli

Active, Verbal, Responds to touch, Unresponsive to verbal commands

Anxious, Responds to verbal stimuli, Pupils unresponsive, Unresponsive to noxious stimuli

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Non-NCSN