NURS 440 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED UPDATE GRADED A+ 2025/2026

NURS 440 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED UPDATE GRADED A+ 2025/2026 Terms in this set (90) Your patient works with power-lines and come into the ED from work-related burns. What type of burn would you suspect? a. Thermal b. Electrical c. Chemical d. Radiation b. Electrical (construction, power-lines, farming) Your patient works at a gas station and come into the ED from work-related burns. What type of burn would you suspect? a. Thermal b. Electrical c. Chemical d. Radiation c. Chemical (bleach, cement, lime, gasoline, bleach, acids) Your patient works at a fancy 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 a. Thermal (fire, smoking, cooking) Your patient was "sun tanning" outside 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 d. Radiation (sunburn, industrial) You are performing patient education on how to avoid a scald burn. Which 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." c. "I should tuck long cords away from high activity areas." What type of burn injury would you be most concerned about internal organ damage with? a. Thermal b. Electrical c. Chemical d. Radiation b. Electrical- an electrical current will enter through one point and exit through another. Deep, hidden tissue damage may be present. Risk of internal organ damage. When looking at a burn patient, you 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 a. Zone of coagulation While looking at a burn patient, your patient asks you why there is a pale, waxy white chunk in the center of the wound. You explain... a. "This is the outermost zone of your wound, the tissue will recover." b. "This is an area with a moderate 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." c. "This is the place where the most amount of damage was done." From Physiopedia- "Zone of coagulation: This occurs at the point of maximum damage and this zone is characterized by irreversible tissue damage due to coagulation of the constituent proteins that occurs as a result of the insult." True/False Hypervolemia is the expected initial bodily response to a severe burn. False, hypovolemia would be expected. In what thickness injury would you expect to see myoglobinuria? a. Superficial b. Superficial partial thickness c. Deep partial thickness d. Full thickness d. Full thickness Burning muscle leads to myoglobinuria With burns, there is massive cell destruction. Which electrolytes would you expect to be elevated? SATA a. Cl b. K c. Na d. Mge. Ca b. K+ c. Na+ Skin burns can cause hyperkalemia, hypernatremia, hypochloremia, hypomagnesemia, and hypocalemia. True/False First-degree (superficial) burns are not calculated in TBSA. True