While assessing a client, a nurse find that the client has superficial burns. Which treatment does the
nurse anticipate to be beneficial for this client?
a. intravenous fluids
b. analgesics
c. topical antibiotics
d. tetanus booster - correct answer ✔✔
While assessing a client, a nurse finds that the skin on the wrist appears pearl-pink, wet, and blistered.
On further assessment, the nurse finds that the client's dermis is exposed, extremely tender, and painful
due to scalds. What does the nurse infer from these findings?
a. the client has full thickness burns
b. the client has superficial burns
c. the client has deep partial thickness burns
d. the client has superficial partial thickness burns - correct answer ✔✔d. the client has superficial
partial thickness burns
While assessing a child, a nurse finds a characteristic gray coloring on 30% of the total body surface area
(TBSA). On communicating with the parent, the nurse finds that the child has ingested toilet bowl
cleaner accidentally. Which condition does the nurse expect in the child?
a. electrical burns
b. thermal burns
c. chemical burns
d. radiation burns - correct answer ✔✔c. chemical burns
which zone exhibits the greatest degree of thermal injury within the skin?
a. zone of coagulation
,b. zone of stasis
c. all of the above
d. zone of hyperemia - correct answer ✔✔a. zone of coagulation
while caring for a client after a thermal injury a nurse finds that the client is showing signs and symptoms
of hyperkalemia. which is the most important nursing intervention for this client?
a. elevating the head of the clients bed immediately
b. monoriting continuously through electrocardiogm
c. administrating oral fluids to the client frequently
d. applying a topic antibiotic on the burn - correct answer ✔✔b. monitoring continuously through
electrocardiogm
A nurse is caring for a client with thermal burns on 30% of the body in an emergency department. Which
nursing intervention prevents the risk of burn shock in the client?
a.ensuring adequate fluid resuciation
b. applying silver nitrate ointment on thermal burns
c. administering potassium supplements to the client
d. elevating the head of the client - correct answer ✔✔a.ensuring adequate fluid resuciation
Which of the following gene categories, when mutated, will affect the cell's ability to encode for proteins
involved in cell growth or regulation?
a. oncogenes
b. tumor supressor genes
c. mutator genes
d. carcinogens - correct answer ✔✔a. oncogenes
To determine if a tumor is benign or malignant, you must compare it to this:
A) the tissue of origin
B) neighboring cells
C) other benign or malignant neoplasms
, D) The Manual of Cancerous Tumors - correct answer ✔✔A) the tissue of origin
Your aunt is told that she has breast carcinoma "in situ." What does this mean?
A) She has a malignant form of breast carcinoma
B) The breast carcinoma cannot be distinguished as benign or malignant
C) The breast carcinoma can be detected only with a mammogram
D) The breast carcinoma is confined to the epithelium - correct answer ✔✔D) The breast carcinoma is
confined to the epithelium
Which of the following is true about tumor grading?
A) Tumors are graded using the TNM system
B) A higher grade equates to a poorer prognosis
C) Grading determines the level of cellular autonomy
D) Grade I signifies highly deviant tissue development - correct answer ✔✔B) A higher grade equates to
a poorer prognosis
The release of chemical mediators and energy utilization by neoplastic cells lead to this systemic
manifestation of cancer:
A) lymphadenopathy
B) fever
C) necrosis
D) cachexia - correct answer ✔✔D) cachexia
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