The Nurse Caring for a Patient Admitted with Burns Over

question 21

Multiple Choice

The nurse caring for a patient admitted with burns over 30% of the body surface will recognize that the patient has moved from the emergent to the acute phase of the burn injury when

• A) white blood cell levels decrease.
• B) blisters and edema have subsided.
• C) the patient has large quantities of pale urine.
• D) the patient has been hospitalized for 48 hours.

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