Which of These Patients Is Most Appropriate for the Burn

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which of these patients is most appropriate for the burn unit charge nurse to assign to an RN staff nurse who has floated from the hospital medical unit?

• A) A 63-year-old patient who has blebs under an autograft on the thigh and has an order for bleb aspiration
• B) A 45-year-old patient who has just come back to the unit after having a cultured epithelial autograft to the chest
• C) A 60-year-old patient who has twice-daily burn debridements and dressing changes to partial-thickness facial burns
• D) A 34-year-old patient who has a weight loss of 15% from admission and requires enteral feedings and parenteral nutrition (PN)

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