ATI MED SURG – Caring for Patients with Burns – Study Guide

ATI MED SURG – Caring for Patients with Burns – Study Guide

1)  The nurse is using the Rule of Nines to calculate the extent of a client’s burn injury. The client has burns on the anterior and posterior surface of the right arm, the anterior surface of the left lower extremity, and anterior and posterior surfaces of the right lower extremity. The nurse should document the percent of body surface burned is

A.   36%.

B.   45%.

C.   18%.

D.   27%.

2)  The nurse is caring for a male client who sustained full-thickness burns on the back and the posterior legs six hours ago. Which of the following laboratory values would be an initial expected finding

A.      A hematocrit (Hct) level of 40%.

B.      A serum potassium level of 5.6.

C.      A white blood cell (WBC) count of 30,000 mm3.

D.      An elevated carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) level.