The nurse is triaging clients according to the Emergency Severity Index (ESI). What considerations should be made in addition to acuity level? 

Make the following sentence negative–without changing the meaning!. Karen could have been sick that day. 

Which nursing interventions should be included for the patient who has full-thickness and deep-partial thickness burns to 50% of the body? (Select all that apply)

A patient with diabetes has a foot wound. The nurse observes that the patient’s right foot is pale and mottled, cool to the touch, with a capillary refill of greater than 3 seconds. How would the nurse document the disease process?

While performing a patient’s wound care for the treatment of a burn, the patient has made a series of sarcastic remarks to the nurse and criticized her technique. How should the nurse best interpret this patient’s behavior?

A patient arrives in the emergency department after being burned in a house fire. The patient’s burns cover the entire upper back, the left half of the chest, and entire left arm. What extent of burns does the patient most likely have, measured as a percentage? _________% (include number(s) only with decimal point if needed to the nearest tenth)

A patient has been stabilized and admitted to an intensive care burn unit with extensive full thickness burns over 25% of the body. After ensuring cardiopulmonary stability in the emergent phase, what would be the nurse’s immediate, priority concern when planning this patient’s care?

I must install the free online proctoring program Honorlock (which can be done by click in the link in the Honorlock INFO module) which requires access to a webcam in order to take my exams online this semester.

A client with multiple trauma is brought to the emergency department (ED) by ambulance after a fall while rock climbing. How would the nurse assist to preserve the chain of evidence in a forensic investigation?

The nurse is caring for a severly burned patient. The doctor orders Morphine Sulfate 2-4 mg intramuscularly every 2 hours as needed for pain. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?