While assessing a client, a nurse finds that the skin on the wrist appears pearl-pink, wet, and blistered. On further assessment, the nurse finds that the client's dermis is exposed, extremely tender, and painful due to scalds. What does the nurse infer from these findings?

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The description of the skin as pearl-pink, wet, and blistered with the dermis exposed and extremely tender indicates superficial partial thickness burns. These burns affect the epidermis and part of the dermis, leading to the symptoms described.

While Assessing a Client, a Nurse Finds That the Skin