A patient admitted to the intensive care unit with what is thought to be toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN). When assessing the health history of the patient, the nurse would be alert to what precipitating factor?
A) History of blistering sunburns
B) Substandard hygienic conditions
C) Medication reaction
D) History of chicken pox
Ans: C
Feedback: TEN is triggered by a reaction to medications. Antibiotics, antiseizure agents, butazones, and sulfonamides are the most frequent medications implicated. A history of blistering sunburns is a precipitating factor of skin cancer. Living in substandard hygienic conditions is a factor that relates to scabies. Herpes zoster is caused by reactivation of the latent varicella virus infection.
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