Exam 30: Caring for the Child With a Integumentary Condition

A nurse is teaching a community parent group about signs and symptoms of Lyme disease.Which statements does the nurse include?

A child who was visiting a wooded area on vacation presents to the doctor's office with a localized bull's-eye rash.Which action by the nurse is the most appropriate?

A school-age child has been prescribed "magic mouthwash" for gingival herpes simplex type I (HSV-1)infection.The parent asks how this helps the child's condition.Which response by the nurse is the most appropriate?

A child is in the emergency department (ED)with a dog bite.After cleansing the wound and attending to the child's comfort,which action should the nurse perform next?

A teen has been taking griseofulvin (Fulvicin)for a fungal skin and scalp condition and reports that it is not working.Which action by the nurse is the most important?

A burned patient had an escharotomy on the right anterior thigh.Which assessment finding indicates that this procedure has been effective?

The nurse working in a pediatric burn unit explains to new registered nurses that which is the most common cause of death in burned children?

A child has blood testing for possible atopic dermatitis.The parent asks why testing for IgE is done.Which response by the nurse is the most appropriate?

A nurse has assessed the skin of a newborn with the AWHONN Neonatal Skin Condition Score Tool and determines that her patient has a score of 3.What action by the nurse is most appropriate?

An adolescent patient has acne characterized by pustules and scarring.Which teaching information is most appropriate for the nurse to give the patient and family?

A nurse is providing anticipatory guidance to a community parent group about burn prevention.When discussing school-age and older children,which cause of burn occurs most often in this age group?

A nurse wishes to prevent radiant heat loss from an infant.What action is the most appropriate?

An adolescent is in the emergency department with partial-thickness burns covering his right anterior thigh,his abdomen,and his right anterior arm.The nurse calculates the total body surface area (TBSA)burned as ____________________.

A toddler has a few vesicular lesions on his hands that rupture,producing a honey-colored,sticky exudate.Based on this assessment,which medication does the nurse teach the parents about?

A 10-year-old child is in the emergency department with burns on her buttocks,the backs of her thighs,and the soles of her feet.The nurse calculates this child's total body surface area (TBSA)burned as ____________________.

When teaching a parenting group how to prevent the most common cause of childhood burns,what action does the nurse advise?

The clinic nurse is assessing a child who had a tick bite for tick-borne disease.What assessment finding indicates to the nurse the child may have Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and not Lyme disease?

A student nurse is caring for an adolescent with frostbite of the hand in the emergency department.Which action by the student would require the registered nurse to intervene?

A nurse is preparing to administer a prn medication to a 6-year-old child for pruritus.Which order should the nurse question?

What important safety measure regarding the use of insect repellents does the nurse teach a parenting group?