An emergency department nurse has just admitted a client with a burn. The burn area is the anterior upper chest and left anterior arm. Using the rule of nine, what would be the extent of the burn injury?    

A nurse educator is providing education to new nurses in the burn unit. The nurse understands that burn wounds are grafted to ensure recovery and explains the care for a graft involves which action?

The patient is brought to the ED by friends who report, “He probably overdosed on xanax.” The patient has a decreased level of consciousness and a decreased gag reflex; his face and chest are covered with emesis; he demonstrates spontaneous sonorous respirations; and pulse oximetry is 87% on room air. What type of airway management does the nurse expect this patient to receive?

 The nurse is admitting a client who is suspected of having heat stroke. What assessment finding would be most consistent with this diagnosis?

 A client with multiple injuries is brought to the emergency department by ambulance. The client has had his airway stabilized and is breathing on their own. The nurse does not see any active bleeding, but should suspect internal hemorrhage based on what finding? 

A patient has a new prescription for insulin aspart. As you are completing medication education with this patient, you should include which statement? 

You are educating a client about their new medication, levothyroxine. Which finding, if noted in your assessment, might indicate an adverse effect is developing? 

_________ is the marriage of a woman to two or more husbands.

Which of the following statements is true about American cohabitation rates since 1960?

For many couples, cohabitation