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1. Mrs. Thomas is 82 years old and burned her hand while cooking. The
nurse practitioner assesses second- and third-degree burns over
approximately half of the back of her hand. The nurse practitioner
chooses which of the following for initial treatment? Select all that
apply.
1. Administer appropriate pain medication.
2. Rinse with cool tap water.
3. Clean with a strong detergent.
4. Remove any loose tissue but allow the blisters to remain.
5. Diagnose as first- and third-degree burns.
10. Answer: 1, 2, 4
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,1.
After administration of appropriate pain medication, wound
management can begin.
2.
Burn wounds should be immediately doused in cool tap water to
disperse any remaining heat in the tissue.
3.
Detergents and antibacterial soaps are not indicated. Burn wounds
should be cleaned with mild soap and rinsed.
4.
For small surface area burns, it is good to remove any loose tissue
during cleansing and allow intact blisters to remain.
5.
First-degree burns do not exhibit blisters, and third-degree burns do not
exhibit pain.
2. Mr. Watson,75 years old, comes to the urgent care center with
complaints of fever, fast heartbeat, a swollen gland under his right arm,
and redness in his upper left arm that has hurt for 2 to 3 days. The
patient says that he has had the redness in his arm for months without
any difficulty. The nurse practitioner suspects which of the following?
Select all that apply.
1. Influenza
2. Upper respiratory infection
,3. Cellulitis of upper left arm
4. Necrotizing fasciitis
5. Lymphangitis
11. Answer: 3
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1.
Influenza is systemic and not localized in any one area.
2.
The patient has no respiratory symptoms.
3.
Signs of cellulitis include worsening of erythema, edema, tenderness,
and pain that has occurred for a few days. Symptoms are usually sudden.
Systemic symptoms which indicate serious toxicity include fever,
hypotension, and tachycardia.
4.
Necrotizing fasciitis exhibits diffuse swelling of an arm or leg with
bullae.
5.
Systemic symptoms that indicate serious toxicity include fever,
hypotension, tachycardia, leukocytosis, lymphadenopathy, and
lymphangitis.
, 3. The treatment for cellulitis includes which of the following? Select all
that apply.
1. Patients with mild cellulitis may be given oral antibiotics.
2. One drug of choice is dicloxacillin, 500 mg four times a day.
3. Treatment is dependent on the culture of the cells affected.
4. The drug of choice is given for a minimum of 3 days.
5. Administration of a tetanus booster injection.
12. Answer: 1, 2
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1.
Oral antibiotics are sufficient for mild cellulitis and IV antibiotics for
organisms such as MRSA.
2.
There are several drugs effective with cellulitis; dicloxacillin is one of
them.
3.
Treatment of MRSA should be guided by wound culture results, but not
cellulitis.
4.