The priority nursing diagnosis during the acute phase of burn injury for a child who has a third-degree circumferential burn of the right arm would be
1. Risk for Infection.
2. Risk for Altered Tissue Perfusion.
3. Risk for Altered Nutrition:Less ThanBody Requirements.
4. Impaired Physical Mobility.
Answer:2
Rationale: When the burn is circumferential,blood flow can become restricted due to edema and result in tissue hypoxia;therefore,the priority diagnosis is a Risk for Altered Tissue Perfusion to the extremity.Infection,nutrition,and mobility would have second priority in this case.
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