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A patient is in terrible pain after surgery and asks the nurse for a pain pill. The nurse offers the patient pain medicine given through the intravenous line. What is the correct reason the nurse did this?

A 70 kg patient is admitted to the burn unit with deep partial-thickness burns covering 40% of their total body surface area (TBSA). The resident physician has proposed the following fluid resuscitation plan based on the Parkland formula: “Administer 11,200 mL of Lactated Ringer’s solution over the first 24 hours. Give half the volume in the first 8 hours and the remainder over the next 16 hours. Maintain this exact volume and rate regardless of the patient’s response.” As the experienced burn unit nurse, evaluate this plan and select the most appropriate response:

What is another name for a white blood cell?

Thickening of the tunica intimacy of the arteries due to deposits of a fatty substance in them suggests a disease called

A 42-year-old male firefighter is admitted to the burn unit with mixed partial and full-thickness burns covering 45% of his total body surface area (TBSA), including his face, neck, chest, and both arms. He also has a suspected inhalation injury. As the lead nurse, you are tasked with developing a comprehensive care plan that addresses the complex needs of this patient during the first 72 hours post-injury. Which of the following combinations of interventions best demonstrates an integrated approach to his care, addressing fluid resuscitation, respiratory management, wound care, pain control, and monitoring for potential complications?

An increase in the size of the heart, or a heart chamber, due to a stretching of the muscle fibers in the walls of the chamber is called

44. An intraaortic balloon pump (IABP) is being used for a patient who is in cardiogenic shock. Which data indicate to the nurse that the goals of treatment with the IABP are being met?

14. What reason would an infant with coarctation of the aorta receive prostaglandin E1?

52. A nurse is caring for a patient in cardiogenic shock after an acute myocardial infarction. Which assessment findings would be most concerning? 

39. A client with severe sepsis has a serum lactate level of 55.9 mg/dL (6.2 mmol/L). The client weighs 205 lbs. The health care provider prescribed normal saline to infuse at 30 mL/kg in 3 hours. What rate should the infusion pump be set to infuse the prescribed amount of fluid? (Record your answer to the nearest whole number)