A healthcare professional is assessing the severity of a burn injury. What factors does the professional include in this assessment?
a. Amount of fluid lost over a 24-hour period
b. Circumference of the burn injury
c. Depth of the burn injury
d. Severity of the injury caused to other body systems
e. Percentage of total body surface area involved
Answer:
c. Depth of the burn injury
e. Percentage of total body surface area involved
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a. The child whose weight and height ratios have remained at the 50th percentile b. The child whose weight and height ratios have stayed between the 90th and 95th percentiles c. The child whose weight and height ratios have never been above the 50th percentile d. The child whose weight and height ratios have dropped 15 percentiles since the last visit
Liehr and Smith assert that our linear-thinking culture often places more value on physiological bodily responses than on
A. Emotional responses. B. Stories. C. Social responses. D. Technologies.
A resident is visually impaired. You need to do which of the following?
a. Feed the person. b. Identify the food on the tray. c. Tell the person to feel for her food on the plate to determine where the food is. d. Ask the person to open her own cartons.