While assessing a client, a nurse finds the skin on the wrist appears pearl-pink, wet, and blistered and the client's dermis is exposed. The client reports exposure to nearly boiling water. Which diagnosis does the nurse make?

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The description of the skin as pearl-pink, wet, and blistered with the dermis exposed, along with the history of exposure to nearly boiling water, 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 the Skin on the Wrist