Exam 25: Nursing Management: Burns

A patient with severe burns has fluid replacement ordered using the Parkland formula. The initial rate of administration is 1050 ml/hr. The nurse would expect that 18 hours after the burn occurred, the rate of the fluid administration should be _____ ml/hr.

Two weeks after admission for major burns, a patient is continuing to lose weight despite a high-carbohydrate, high-protein diet. The nurse identifies the nursing diagnosis of imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirements. In planning nursing interventions, the best between-meal snack for the patient would be

During the early emergent phase of burns, the nurse will anticipate giving opioid analgesics by the IV route so that

Which of these laboratory results requires the most rapid action by the nurse who is caring for a patient who suffered a large burn 48 hours ago?

A 21-year-old patient who has deep partial-thickness facial and neck burns has a nursing diagnosis of disturbed body image. The nurse evaluates that patient outcomes for this nursing diagnosis are met when the patient

On admission to the burn unit, a patient with an approximate 25% total body surface area (TBSA) burn has the following initial laboratory results: Hct 56%, Hb 17.2 mg/dl (172 g/L), serum K+ 4.8 mEq/L (4.8 mmol/L), and serum Na+ 135 mEq/L (135 mmol/L). Based on these findings, the nurse should plan to

A patient who has burns on the back and legs from a house fire has become agitated and restless 9 hours after being admitted to the hospital. Which action should the nurse take first?

A patient with extensive electrical burn injuries is admitted to the emergency department. Which of these health care provider orders should the nurse implement first?