NURS 440 Exam 3 – Questions With Expert
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Your patient works with power-lines b. Electrical (construction, power-lines, farming)
and come into the ED from work-
related burns. What type of burn
would you suspect?
a. Thermal
b. Electrical
c. Chemical
d. Radiation
Your patient works at a gas station and c. Chemical (bleach, cement, lime, gasoline, bleach,
come into the ED from work-related acids)
burns. What type of burn would you
suspect?
a. Thermal
b. Electrical
c. Chemical
d. Radiation
Your patient works at a fancy a. Thermal (fire, smoking, cooking)
restaurant and come into the ED from
work-related burns. What type of burn
would you suspect?
a. Thermal
b. Electrical
c. Chemical
d. Radiation
,Your patient was "sun tanning" outside d. Radiation (sunburn, industrial)
in UV 11 for over 1 hour and comes into
the ED for a sunburn. What type of
burn would you suspect?
a. Thermal
b. Electrical
c. Chemical
d. Radiation
You are performing patient education c. "I should tuck long cords away from high activity
on how to avoid a scald burn. Which areas."
of the following statements from the
patient would indicate understanding?
a. "I should hold my child while
handling hot liquids."
b. "I should turn my handles towards
the edge of the stove."
c. "I should tuck long cords away from
high activity areas."
d. "I should let my toddler help with
the baby's bottle warmer."
What type of burn injury would you be b. Electrical- an electrical current will enter through
most concerned about internal organ one point and exit through another. Deep, hidden
damage with? tissue damage may be present. Risk of internal organ
a. Thermal damage.
b. Electrical
c. Chemical
d. Radiation
When looking at a burn patient, you a. Zone of coagulation
notice that there is a pale, waxy white
chunk in the center of the wound.
What zone is this?
a. Zone of coagulation
b. Zone of hyperemia
c. Zone of stasis
d. Zone of dismemberment
, While looking at a burn patient, your c. "This is the place where the most amount of
patient asks you why there is a pale, damage was done."
waxy white chunk in the center of the From Physiopedia- "Zone of coagulation: This occurs
wound. You explain... at the point of maximum damage and this zone is
a. "This is the outermost zone of your characterized by irreversible tissue damage due to
wound, the tissue will recover." coagulation of the constituent proteins that occurs as
b. "This is an area with a moderate a result of the insult."
amount of damage, but the tissue will
be saved."
c. "This is the place where the most
amount of damage was done."
d. b. "This is an area with a moderate
amount of damage, but the tissue can
not be saved."
True/False Hypervolemia is the False, hypovolemia would be expected.
expected initial bodily response to a
severe burn.
In what thickness injury would you d. Full thickness
expect to see myoglobinuria? Burning muscle leads to myoglobinuria
a. Superficial
b. Superficial partial thickness
c. Deep partial thickness
d. Full thickness
With burns, there is massive cell b. K+
destruction. Which electrolytes would c. Na+
you expect to be elevated? SATA Skin burns can cause hyperkalemia, hypernatremia,
a. Cl hypochloremia, hypomagnesemia, and hypocalemia.
b. K
c. Na
d. Mg
e. Ca
True/False First-degree (superficial) True
burns are not calculated in TBSA.
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Your patient works with power-lines b. Electrical (construction, power-lines, farming)
and come into the ED from work-
related burns. What type of burn
would you suspect?
a. Thermal
b. Electrical
c. Chemical
d. Radiation
Your patient works at a gas station and c. Chemical (bleach, cement, lime, gasoline, bleach,
come into the ED from work-related acids)
burns. What type of burn would you
suspect?
a. Thermal
b. Electrical
c. Chemical
d. Radiation
Your patient works at a fancy a. Thermal (fire, smoking, cooking)
restaurant and come into the ED from
work-related burns. What type of burn
would you suspect?
a. Thermal
b. Electrical
c. Chemical
d. Radiation
,Your patient was "sun tanning" outside d. Radiation (sunburn, industrial)
in UV 11 for over 1 hour and comes into
the ED for a sunburn. What type of
burn would you suspect?
a. Thermal
b. Electrical
c. Chemical
d. Radiation
You are performing patient education c. "I should tuck long cords away from high activity
on how to avoid a scald burn. Which areas."
of the following statements from the
patient would indicate understanding?
a. "I should hold my child while
handling hot liquids."
b. "I should turn my handles towards
the edge of the stove."
c. "I should tuck long cords away from
high activity areas."
d. "I should let my toddler help with
the baby's bottle warmer."
What type of burn injury would you be b. Electrical- an electrical current will enter through
most concerned about internal organ one point and exit through another. Deep, hidden
damage with? tissue damage may be present. Risk of internal organ
a. Thermal damage.
b. Electrical
c. Chemical
d. Radiation
When looking at a burn patient, you a. Zone of coagulation
notice that there is a pale, waxy white
chunk in the center of the wound.
What zone is this?
a. Zone of coagulation
b. Zone of hyperemia
c. Zone of stasis
d. Zone of dismemberment
, While looking at a burn patient, your c. "This is the place where the most amount of
patient asks you why there is a pale, damage was done."
waxy white chunk in the center of the From Physiopedia- "Zone of coagulation: This occurs
wound. You explain... at the point of maximum damage and this zone is
a. "This is the outermost zone of your characterized by irreversible tissue damage due to
wound, the tissue will recover." coagulation of the constituent proteins that occurs as
b. "This is an area with a moderate a result of the insult."
amount of damage, but the tissue will
be saved."
c. "This is the place where the most
amount of damage was done."
d. b. "This is an area with a moderate
amount of damage, but the tissue can
not be saved."
True/False Hypervolemia is the False, hypovolemia would be expected.
expected initial bodily response to a
severe burn.
In what thickness injury would you d. Full thickness
expect to see myoglobinuria? Burning muscle leads to myoglobinuria
a. Superficial
b. Superficial partial thickness
c. Deep partial thickness
d. Full thickness
With burns, there is massive cell b. K+
destruction. Which electrolytes would c. Na+
you expect to be elevated? SATA Skin burns can cause hyperkalemia, hypernatremia,
a. Cl hypochloremia, hypomagnesemia, and hypocalemia.
b. K
c. Na
d. Mg
e. Ca
True/False First-degree (superficial) True
burns are not calculated in TBSA.
