QUESTION: The nurse is teaching th…
QUESTION: The nurse is teaching the nursing student about burn injury assessment and would know when understanding has been achieved when the nursing student identifies the picture above as: _______ As soon as the teaching is completed, a client is admitted to the emergency department after sustaining an electrical burn injury and then subsequent thermal burns that occurred from a house fire that resulted from the electrical issue. QUESTION: Based upon the picture identified in part one of this question, the student nurse would estimate the burn injury as how much of the body surface area? (Only calculate what you can see in the image including portions of extremities!) _______ What IV fluid would the nurse anticipate being initially ordered for this client to help prevent burn shock? _______ What IV fluid will the nurse anticipate being added as part of their burn treatment? _______ Why will this additional IV fluid be added to the client’s treatment regimen? _______ Based up this client’s burn injury, which goal will the nurse prioritize to be able to evaluate if the treatment modalities have been effective? _______
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