Which of these patients is most appropriate for the burn unit charge nurse to assign to an RN staff nurse who has floated from the hospital medical unit?
A) A 63-year-old patient who has blebs under an autograft on the thigh and has an order for bleb aspiration
B) A 45-year-old patient who has just come back to the unit after having a cultured epithelial autograft to the chest
C) A 60-year-old patient who has twice-daily burn debridements and dressing changes to partial-thickness facial burns
D) A 34-year-old patient who has a weight loss of 15% from admission and requires enteral feedings and parenteral nutrition (PN)
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