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Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher

Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783
book Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher cover

Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher

Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783
Exercise 21
A patient has a 20% TBSA deep partial-thickness and full-thickness burn to the right anterior chest and entire right arm.What is important for a nurse to assess in this patient?
A) Presence of pain
B) Swelling of the arm
C) Formation of eschar
D) Presence of pulses in the arms
Explanation
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D. In circumferential burns, circulation...

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