Which of the following is a potential complication, following a fracture, that can be described as a dangerous increase in pressure due to inflammation and bleeding that exceeds the expansive capacity of the soft tissues?

A 28-year-old female is 6 months post-severe facial and neck burns. She is in the rehabilitation phase wearing pressure garments. She tells the nurse, I am sorry that I am still alive. My life will never be normal again. Which response by the nurse is most therapeutic?

A patient presents with frostbitten fingers that are white, hard, and insensitive to touch. Which intervention is appropriate?

A patient with Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) and a CD4+ count of less than 200 cells/uL. Which interpretation is correct?

The method of treatment for a client’s burns is the exposure method with mafenide (Sulfamylon) BID. When applying this medication, the nurse should plan to:

A 35-year-old female patient has a new prescription for isotretinoin. Which additional assessment information will be most important for the nurse to obtain?

The nurse notes darker skin pigmentation in the skinfolds of a middle-aged patient who has a BMI of 40 kg/m2. Which action would the nurse take?

During a skin assessment, the nurse performs a blanching test on a red lesion. The lesion does not blanch when pressed. This finding indicates:

A 35-year-old male weighing 92 kg is brought to the ED after being pulled from a house fire. He has deep partial-thickness burns to the anterior trunk (18%), posterior trunk (18%), and entire right leg (18%). He is confused with singed nasal hair and carbonaceous sputum. His SpO2 reads 98%. Eight hours after admission, the patient’s urine output over the past 2 hours is 41 mL total. The nurse should:

The charge nurse observes the following actions by a new nurse on the burn unit. Which action requires immediate intervention?