BURNS HESI CAST STUDY: PEDS WITH
SOLUTIONS
Which action is included when a Level I disaster is declared? - ✔✔All local hospitals prepare to receive
casualties.
Which action should the nurse implement to help these family members cope with this tragedy? -
✔✔Designate specific family areas that are staffed with counselors.
EMS personnel triage clients, with multiple casualties noted. Which action should the triage nurse
implement first? - ✔✔Place a disaster tag securely on each victim.
Triage determines in what order a client is seen by a healthcare provider (HCP). Which of the following
clients would the nurse identify with a red tag? - ✔✔- A client whose vital signs include respirations at 22
breaths/min, pulse at 120 beats/min, and blood pressure at 85/52 mmHg.
- A client with a pulsating femur wound.
- A client with full thickness burns over 50% of the body.
Which triage category should the nurse assign to client? - ✔✔Priority 1, Color Red.
The client has many physical, emotional, and psychosocial needs. Which intervention is most important
for the nurse to implement upon admission? - ✔✔Establish and maintain an open airway.
The nurse should document which percentage of body surface? - ✔✔45%
Client grimaces in pain as the nurse assesses his red and blistered wounds that are affecting his
epidermis and dermis. Based on this assessment, which finding best describes his burns? - ✔✔Partial
thickness or second degree burns
Based on the nurse's understanding of the Parkland Formula, which rate correctly describes the time the
fluid is given to the client? - ✔✔The nurse administers the first half of the fluid from the time the burn
occurred over 8 hours, and the second half over the following 16 hours.
Which action should the nurse take? - ✔✔Inform the officer that he must first speak to the client's
parents.
The police officer then asks to see client's ED medical record. Which action should the nurse take
concerning this request? - ✔✔Allow the police officer access to the requested medical records.
SOLUTIONS
Which action is included when a Level I disaster is declared? - ✔✔All local hospitals prepare to receive
casualties.
Which action should the nurse implement to help these family members cope with this tragedy? -
✔✔Designate specific family areas that are staffed with counselors.
EMS personnel triage clients, with multiple casualties noted. Which action should the triage nurse
implement first? - ✔✔Place a disaster tag securely on each victim.
Triage determines in what order a client is seen by a healthcare provider (HCP). Which of the following
clients would the nurse identify with a red tag? - ✔✔- A client whose vital signs include respirations at 22
breaths/min, pulse at 120 beats/min, and blood pressure at 85/52 mmHg.
- A client with a pulsating femur wound.
- A client with full thickness burns over 50% of the body.
Which triage category should the nurse assign to client? - ✔✔Priority 1, Color Red.
The client has many physical, emotional, and psychosocial needs. Which intervention is most important
for the nurse to implement upon admission? - ✔✔Establish and maintain an open airway.
The nurse should document which percentage of body surface? - ✔✔45%
Client grimaces in pain as the nurse assesses his red and blistered wounds that are affecting his
epidermis and dermis. Based on this assessment, which finding best describes his burns? - ✔✔Partial
thickness or second degree burns
Based on the nurse's understanding of the Parkland Formula, which rate correctly describes the time the
fluid is given to the client? - ✔✔The nurse administers the first half of the fluid from the time the burn
occurred over 8 hours, and the second half over the following 16 hours.
Which action should the nurse take? - ✔✔Inform the officer that he must first speak to the client's
parents.
The police officer then asks to see client's ED medical record. Which action should the nurse take
concerning this request? - ✔✔Allow the police officer access to the requested medical records.
