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A practical nurse notes that the NPWT (wound VAC) dressing has lost its seal and is making a hissing sound. What is the nurse’s best initial action?

The client comes into the emergency department (ED) in severe pain and reports a pot of boiling water accidentally spilled on their lower legs. The assessment reveals blistered, mottled red skin, and both feet are edematous. Which depth of burn should the nurse document?

The practical nurse is performing a skin assessment on an older adult who is bedridden. Which finding should the nurse report immediately to the registered nurse (RN)?

The nurse has staged a pressure injury that has a shallow crater with a moist pink-slightly red wound bed as a:

A client’s Braden Scale score is 10. Which nursing intervention is most appropriate for the practical nurse to implement?

A nurse arrives at an accident scene where the victim has just received an electrical burn. What is the nurse’s primary concern?

A frail, older adult home health patient who had chickenpox as a child has been exposed to varicella (chickenpox) several days ago. What should the nurse do?

The inner ear structure is housed in the temporal bone in a region called the petrous portion while the mastoid air cells are house in

The organ that is located in the left upper quadrant and filters blood, not lymph is the spleen, which organ is located in the mouth?

The optic nerve is formed by ganglion cells and by ___