Exam 43: Care of Patients With Integumentary Disorders and Burns

The nurse recommends that the person who suffers with psoriasis can increase his comfort by:

The nurse advises a 20-year-old college sophomore with acne vulgaris to:

Matching The nurse differentiates the various type of dermatitis.Match each option with the characteristics that best describe it.(Options may be used once, more than once, or not at all.) -Appearance of vesicular lesions following inflammatory response

In caring for a stage IV pressure ulcer,the nurse assesses the purulent drainage as creamy yellow with a necrotic odor.The nurse is aware that this type of exudate is probably caused by:

To prevent contractures in the burn patient,the nurse should:

Using the Parkland formula,the fluid needed for a person weighing 140 pounds with a 25% burn would be _____ mL.

The nurse places a catheter drainage bag with a urometer on the catheter of the adult patient with a burn in order to measure hourly urine output.The nurse is aware that a minimum acceptable urine output is _____ mL/hr.

The nurse would question the order for isotretinoin (Accutane)that was prescribed for a:

The nurse describes several types of burn treatment.Match the burn treatment to the statement that best describes it. -Biologic dressing obtained from a pig

The home health nurse instructs the family whose child came home from school with lice that the bed linens should be:

A patient with psoriasis is placed on PUVA therapy.The nurse clarifies that this therapy involves the combination of:

The nurse describes common complications that burn patients may experience.Match the burn complication with the description that best fits it. -Inflammatory response causing fluid shift

The nurse describes several types of burn treatment.Match the burn treatment to the statement that best describes it. -Biologic dressing obtained from a cadaver

The nurse describes several types of burn treatment.Match the burn treatment to the statement that best describes it. -Incision into subcutaneous tissue to increase circulation

While bathing a patient,the nurse discovers a grayish black,nodular growth that resembles a blackberry in the middle of the patient's back.The nurse should:

While bathing a patient,the nurse assesses a red,unblanchable area on the coccyx.The best dressing for this lesion is a ________ dressing.

The nurse counsels a patient with poison ivy to decrease his discomfort by:

The nurse describes several types of burn treatment.Match the burn treatment to the statement that best describes it. -Wound covered with ointment,and additional environmental warmth provided

The patient with shingles has been on an antiviral medication since the vesicles appeared.The nurse encourages the patient that such early treatment will probably prevent:

Matching The nurse differentiates the various type of dermatitis.Match each option with the characteristics that best describe it.(Options may be used once, more than once, or not at all.) -Cell-mediated immunity resulting in inflammatory response