Which patient is most appropriate for the burn unit charge nurse to assign to a registered nurse (RN) who has floated from the hospital medical unit?
a. A 34-year-old patient who has a weight loss of 15% from admission and requires enteral feedings.
b. A 67-year-old patient who has blebs under an autograft on the thigh and has an order for bleb aspiration
c. A 46-year-old patient who has just come back to the unit after having a cultured epithelial autograft to the chest
d. A 65-year-old patient who has twice-daily burn debridements and dressing changes to partial-thickness facial burns
ANS: A
An RN from a medical unit would be familiar with malnutrition and with administration and evaluation of response to enteral feedings. The other patients require burn assessment and care that is more appropriate for staff who regularly care for burned patients.
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