The emergency department nurse is aware that burns that must be referred to a specialized setting are those that involve: (Select all that apply.)
a. Inhalation burns
b. Chemical burns
c. Joints
d. Face
e. Genitalia
A, B, C, D, E
All these burns would require hospitalization at a specialty burns center.
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The nurse is caring for a patient who has macular degeneration. The patient's caregiver becomes increasingly frustrated with the patient due to food spills on the patient's clothing
Which of these explanations would help the caregiver understand what the patient is experiencing? a. "The patient's vision is blurred." b. "The central vision is gone and only peripheral vision remains." c. "There is total blindness in one eye occurring." d. "There are black dots in the field of vision that cause confusion."
The nurse manager generally uses a stepwise method to arrive at decisions that are logical and that serve to maximize the achievement of the desired objective. Which decision-making model does this manager use?
1. Political decision-making model 2. Experimentation process 3. Rational decision-making model 4. Trial-and-error method
In order to promote adequate healing of a client's burn, the nurse should teach the family about:
1. restricting fluids at home. 2. changing wound dressings at home. 3. limiting exercise. 4. nutritional care.
While changing a patient's abdominal dressing, the nurse talks about aspects of wound care such as the need to check the skin and protect the wound from infection or injury
The nurse and patient are in which phase of the nurse-patient relationship? 1. Orientation 2. Working 3. Caring 4. Termination