Which of the following is an appropriate intervention for a child with eczema?

The nurse is given in report the patient has sustained burns on 31% of his body. Using the rule of nines, which combination of burn patterns best matches this diagnosis?

A student stops by the college campus nurse to ask what the thick whitish, silver and itchy plaques are present on his arms and back. He tells the nurse he has never had them before. The nurse would anticipate treatment ordered for which of the following?

Which of the following would help the child with a serious burn to meet nutritional needs during the acute phase of recovery?

After the initial Hep B vaccination before discharge of the infant, the next set of vaccines is recommended:

The LVN is working with the RN in the ER when a toddler is brought in from home with scald burns. The father reports the child “climbed in the bathtub when I wasn’t looking.” The LVN notices the mother is apprehensive and has bruising on neck and arms. Both nurses feel the burn patterns don’t match the father’s account of events and suspect there may be abuse going on in the house. At this time what would be the BEST action for the nurses to take?

While assisting the RN in the ICU with a closed head injury you notice the patient’s vital sign trends are not consistent and don’t seem to have a normal baseline. The patient is not responsive and needs to be on a ventilator. You suspect he has trauma to which area of the brain?

During a bed bath the CNA asks the nurse why she continues to talk to the patient with a long history of ALS because he never responds, and she doesn’t think he can even understand her. The best response for the nurse would be: 

A 24-year-old male come into the clinic asking for additional information on Huntington’s disease. He tells the nurses that he thinks his mother is suffering from this disease currently. He has done genealogy studies of his family and fears that it does run on his mother’s side.  Appropriate information the nurse would give to the client is: 

____ is the drug of choice for management for patients who suffer from either generalized or partial seizures.