Which Patient Is Most Appropriate for the Burn Unit Charge

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which patient is most appropriate for the burn unit charge nurse to assign to a registered nurse (RN) who has floated from the hospital medical unit?

• A)A patient who has twice-daily burn debridements to partial-thickness facial burns
• B)A patient who has just returned from having a cultured epithelial autograft to the chest
• C)A patient who has a weight loss of 15% from admission and will have enteral feedings started
• D)A patient who has blebs under an autograft on the thigh and has an order for bleb aspiration

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