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Medical-Surgical Nursing Exam 13: Burns (40 Items) by Nurseslabs — For All Your Nursing Needs! on May 18, 2012Sample review questions about Medical-Surgical Nursing. Challenge your nursing knowledge with this Medical-Surgical Nursing NCLEX/Board Exam Questions.This is a 40-item examination which can help you improve, review and challenge your knowledge about...
Nursing case study 2nd degree burns by Philippine Nursing Student Community on Apr 22, 2012Nursing case study second degree burn...
11 Burn Injury Nursing Care Plans by Nurseslabs — For All Your Nursing Needs! on Apr 9, 2012A burn is damage to your body's tissues caused by heat, chemicals, electricity, sunlight or radiation. Scalds from hot liquids and steam, building fires and flammable liquids and gases are the most common causes of burns.Here are 11 Nursing Care Plan...
Impaired Physical Mobility — Burns Nursing Care Plans by Nurseslabs — For All Your Nursing Needs! on Mar 31, 2012Nursing Diagnosis: Impaired Physical Mobility May be related to Neuromuscular impairment, pain/discomfort, decreased strength and endurance Restrictive therapies, limb immobilization; contractures Possibly evidenced by Reluctance to move/inability to...
Risk for Infection — Burns Nursing Care Plans by Nurseslabs — For All Your Nursing Needs! on Mar 31, 2012Nursing Diagnosis: Infection, risk for Risk factors may include Inadequate primary defenses: destruction of skin barrier, traumatized tissues Inadequate secondary defenses: decreased Hb, suppressed inflammatory response Environmental exposure, invasi...
Disturbed Body Image — Burns Nursing Care Plans by Nurseslabs — For All Your Nursing Needs! on Mar 31, 2012Nursing Diagnosis: Body Image disturbed/Role Performance, ineffective May be related to Situational crisis: traumatic event, dependent patient role; disfigurement, pain Possibly evidenced by Negative feelings about body/self, fear of rejection/reacti...
Ineffective Tissue Perfusion — Burns Nursing Care Plans by Nurseslabs — For All Your Nursing Needs! on Mar 31, 2012Nursing Diagnosis: Tissue Perfusion, ineffective/Peripheral Neurovascular dysfunction, risk for Risk factors may include Reduction/interruption of arterial/venous blood flow, e.g., circumferential burns of extremities with resultant edema Hypovolemia...
Impaired Skin Integrity — Burns Nursing Care Plans by Nurseslabs — For All Your Nursing Needs! on Mar 31, 2012Nursing Diagnosis: Impaired Skin Integrity [due to Grafts] May be related to Disruption of skin surface with destruction of skin layers (partial-/full-thickness burn) requiring grafting Possibly evidenced by Absence of viable tissue Desired Outcome...
Imbalanced Nutrition — Burns Nursing Care Plans by Nurseslabs — For All Your Nursing Needs! on Mar 31, 2012Nursing Diagnosis: Nutrition: imbalanced, less than body requirements May be related to Hypermetabolic state (can be as much as 50%–60% higher than normal proportional to the severity of injury) Protein catabolism Anorexia, restricted oral intake...
Fear/Anxiety — Burns Nursing Care Plans by Nurseslabs — For All Your Nursing Needs! on Mar 31, 2012Nursing Diagnosis: Fear/Anxiety May be related to Situational crises: hospitalization/isolation procedures, interpersonal transmission and contagion, memory of the trauma experience, threat of death and/or disfigurement Possibly evidenced by Expresse...
