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concept of nursing 2
Overview of Burn Injuries
Question | Answer |
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A nurse is caring for a patient who spilled boiling soup on her legs. Which type of burn will the nurse see? | Thermal |
A family member of a patient with a severe facial burn asks the nurse why the patient’s face is swollen. Which statement made by the nurse is appropriate? | “Swelling is an expected inflammatory response of the body to a burn injury.” |
A student nurse is caring for a patient with severe thermal burns. Which statement made by the student nurse to the charge nurse indicates that additional teaching is needed? | “I will check my patient hourly to make sure that he does not experience an inflammatory response from his burns.” |
A nurse is caring for a patient with a first-degree thermal burn injury. Which symptom can the nurse expect to see on assessment? | Blanching with pressure |
What is the proper classification for a thermal burn involving only the epidermis and superficial structures of the dermis? | Partial-thickness burn |
When calculating the total body surface area (TBSA) affected by a burn, the nurse knows that the Lund-Browder chart is considered more accurate than the rule of nines for which reason? | The Lund-Browder chart considers the age of the patient in calculation of TBSA. |