ATI Burn Quiz Questions and Answers 2025

A nurse is caring for a client who has full-thickness burns covering 63% of her body and smoke inhalation. Which of the following nursing actions is top priority? - Monitor respiratory status A nurse is planning care for a client who has deep partial thickness and full thickness thermal burns over 40% of his total body surface and is in the acute phase of burn injury. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan? - Initiate range of motion exercises A nurse is caring for an adolescent client who has burn wounds on her face and hands. Which of the following statements by the client indicates that she has adapted to her changed body image? - "May I go with my family to the visitor's lounge?" A nurse is evaluating the laboratory values of a client who is in the resuscitation phase following a major burn. Which of the following laboratory findings should the nurse expect? - Sodium 132 mEq/L A nurse is caring for a client who has burn injuries on his trunk. The nurse is explaining what to expect from the prescribe Hydro therapy. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching? - "I will be on a special shower table." A nurse is assessing a client who sustained superficial partial thickness and deep partial thickness burns 72 hours ago. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider? - Temperature of 39.1 degrees Celsius (102.4 F) A nurse is teaching a client who has extensive deep partial- and full- thickness burns and requires a topical antimicrobial medication. The goal of this medication therapy is to reduce which of the following outcomes? - Bacterial growth A nurse in an emergency department is assessing a client who has extensive burns, including on her face. Which of the following assessments should the nurse perform first? - Characteristics of the cough and sputum A nurse is caring for a client who has a prescription for silver sulfadiazine cream to be applied to her burn wounds. The nurse should evaluate the client for which of the following laboratory findings? - Leukopenia The nurse is caring for a client with a severe burn who is scheduled for an autographed to be placed on the lower extremity. The nurse creates a postoperative plan of care for the client and should include which intervention in the plan? - Elevate and immobilize the grafted extremity Silver sulfadiazine is prescribed for a client with a burn injury. Which laboratory finding requires the need for follow up by the nurse? - White blood cell count of 3000 mm³ A burn client is receiving treatments of topical mafenide acetate to the side of injury. The nurse monitors the client, knowing that which finding indicates that a systemic affect has occurred? - hyperventilation Silver sulfadiazine is prescribed for a client with a partial thickness burn, and the nurse provides teaching about the medication. Which statement made by the client indicates a need for further teaching about the treatments? - "the medication is likely to cause stinging every time it is applied." The camp nurse asked the children preparing to swim in the lake if they have a plied sunscreen. The nurse remind the children that chemical sunscreens are most effective when applied at which times? - At least 30 minutes before exposure to the sun A client is brought to the emergency department with partial thickness burns to his face, neck, arms, and chest after trying to put out a car fire. The nurse should implement which nursing actions for this client? Select all that apply - -assess for airway patency -administer oxygen as prescribed -elevate extremities if no fractures are present An adult client was burned in an explosion. The burn initially affected the clients entire face (anterior half of the head) and the upper half of the anterior torso, and there were circumferential burns to the lower half of both arms. The clients clothes caught on fire, and the client ran, causing subsequent burn injuries to the posterior surface of the head and the upper half of the posterior torso. Using the rule of nines, what would be the extent of the burn injury? - 36% The nurse is preparing to care for a burn client scheduled for an escharotomy procedure being performed for a third degree circumferential arm burn. The nurse understands that which finding is the anticipated therapeutic outcome of the escharotomy? - return of distal pulses The nurse is caring for a client who sustained superficial partial thickness burns on the anterior lower legs and anterior thorax. Which findings as a nurse expect to note during the resuscitation/emergent phase of the burn injury? - Elevated hematocrit levels The nurse is administering fluids intravenously as prescribed for a client who sustained superficial partial thickness burn injury of the back and legs. In evaluating the adequacy of fluid resuscitation, the nurse understands that which assessment would provide the most reliable indicator for determining the adequacy? - urine output The nurse is caring for a client following an autographed and grafting to a burn wound on the right knee. What would the nurse anticipate to be prescribed for the client? - Immobilization of the affected leg The emergency department nurse is caring for a client who has sustained chemical burns to the esophagus after ingestion of lye. The nurse reviews the primary healthcare provider's prescriptions and should plan to question which prescription? - gastric lavage A client sustains a burn injury to the entire right and left arms, the right leg, and the anterior thorax. According to the rule of nines, the nurse would assess that this injury constitutes which body percentage? - 54% A client is admitted to the hospital emergency department after receiving a burn injury in a house fire. The skin on the clients trunk is tan, dry, and hard. It is edematous but not very painful. The nurse determines that his clients burn should be classified as which type? - full-thickness A client who is being evaluated for thermal burn injuries to the arms and legs complains of thirst and asks the nurse for a drink. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate? - Keep the client on NPO (nothing by mouth) status A client is seen in the ambulatory care clinic for a superficial burn to the arm. On assessing the skin at the burn injury, what will the nurse observe? - pink or red color A client sustained a burn from cutaneous exposure to lye. At the site of injury, copious irrigation to the site was performed for one hour. On admission to the hospital emergency department, the nurse assesses the burn site. Which findings would indicate that the chemical burn process is continuing? - liquefication necrosis The nurse is caring for a client who is admitted to the burn unit after sustaining a burn injury covering 30% of the body. What is the most appropriate timeframe for the emergent phase? - The period from the time the bird was incurred to the time when the client is considered physiologically stable. The nurse is caring for a client with full-thickness circumferential burns of the entire trunk of the body who is on a mechanical ventilator. Which finding suggests that an escharotomy may be necessary? - High pressure alarm keeps sounding on the ventilator A client is diagnosed with a full thickness burn. What should the nurse anticipate will be used for final coverage of the clients burn wound? - Autograft The nurse is planning care for a client who suffered a burn injury and has a negative self-image related to keloid formation at the burn site. The keloid formation is indicative of which condition? - hypertrophy of collagen fibers A 60-kg client has sustained third-degree burns over 40% of the body. Using the Parkland (Baxter) formula, the minimum fluid requirements are which during the first 24 hours after the burn? - 9600 mL of Lactated Ringer's solution The nurse is evaluating fluid resuscitation attempts in the burn client. Which finding indicates adequate fluid resuscitation? - heart rate of 95 beats/min