Exam 30: The Child with a Skin Condition

A child is brought to the emergency department with severe frostbite.Which body parts should be warmed first?

What would the nurse teach parents to do in order to avoid diaper rash?

On the first day following a severe burn,the body's fluid reserves have left the circulating volume and entered the interstitial space,causing massive edema.What should the nurse monitor for very closely in the burn victim?

A group of football players is taking oral griseofulvin for tinea pedis.What should the school nurse caution them to avoid?

At a 2-month well-child visit,parents ask the nurse about the red area on the infant's neck.They tell the nurse that the mark appeared a few weeks after birth.What does the nurse recognize this skin lesion as?

Which allergy would contraindicate the use of silver sulfadiazine (Silvadene)as a topical agent for burns?

What would help the child with a serious burn meet nutritional needs during the subacute phase of recovery?

What risk is increased with children who have been diagnosed with infantile eczema?

What should the nurse stress to the mother of a child with impetigo?

The nurse speaking to a group of junior high school students informs them that acne can be exacerbated by which drug(s)?

The nurse caring for a patient with severe frostbite observes a purple flush on the hands and feet.What is the most appropriate nursing action?

An adolescent girl with acne is being treated with an antibiotic in addition to topical applications.What side effect does the nurse caution the girl to expect?

An adolescent is at the pediatrician's office because he has been experiencing intense itching,particularly in the axilla and between the fingers.The itching is worse during the night and he has not been sleeping well.With what is this symptom associated?

Which factor(s)activate the herpes simplex virus type I?

Eczema indicates that the infant is oversensitive to certain substances called ______________,which enter the body via the digestive tract,inhalation,direct contact,or injections.

A child is brought to the emergency department with burns on the face and chest.What is the nurse's first priority?

The nurse recognizes the blisters and erythema of the hands of a person recovering from frostbite as the skin disorder called _________________.

A mother is concerned about what might have caused a heat rash on her infant.The nurse observes tiny pinhead-sized reddened papules on the infant's neck and axilla.What does the nurse explain as the most likely cause of this rash?

What intervention(s)would the nurse preparing a teaching plan for the care of a child with infantile eczema include?

What is the appropriate technique for the application of a topical treatment for a child with eczema?