Terminology
Name That Wound
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Nursing Interventions
Everything Skin
100
Circumscribed, flat area with change in skin color.
What is a macule?
100
Dead, necrotic tissue.
What is eschar?
100
Majority of burns is resulted from this.
What is Smoking and Cooking?
100
Removal of the eschar or necrotic tissue.
What is debridement?
100
Largest organ of the body.
What is the skin?
200
Elevated, solid lesion. <1cm
What is a papule.
200
Intact skin, reddened, does not blanch.
What is Stage 1 Pressure Ulcer.
200
Chart used to esitmate burn area.
What is The Rule of Nines?
200
Determines patient's susceptibility to skin breakdown.
What is the Braden Scale?
200
This virus is the causative organism for both Chicken Pox and Shingles.
What is Herpes Zoster?
300
Circumscribed, superficial collection of serous fluid.
What is a Vesicle?
300
Crater-like ulcer, underlying subcutaneous tissue involved.
What is Stage III Pressure Ulcer?
300
Most important aspect of burn assessment.
What is Patent Airway?
300
Recommended time frame to turn patients who are prone or who currently have pressure ulcuers.
What is every 2 hours?
300
Marked by chronic, irritating scales, plaques, and skin lesions.
What is Psoriasis?
400
Elevated, superficial lesion, filled with purulent fluid.
What is a pustule?
400
Partial Thickness, blistered skin.
What is Stage II Pressure Ulcer?
400
Parkland's Formula.
What is 4ml Ringer's Lactate x %burn x wieght in kg?
400
Compress that is either open or closed, never allowed to dry; needs constant remoistening.
What is a Wet Compress/Dressing?
400
Caused by areas of increased melanocytes, sometimes refered to as "age spots" or "liver spots"; however they are completely unrelated to the liver.
What are Senile Lentigines?
500
Examples include insect bites and urticaria.
What is a wheal?
500
Deep ulceration and necrosis, possible bone involvement.
What is Stage IV Pressure Ulcer.
500
Averages 24-48hrs; marked by significant fluid loss and edema.
What is the Emergent Phase?
500
The nurse is caring for a burn victim (50kg), who has a calculated 30% burned total body surface area. According to Parkland's Formula, what is the reat of infusion for Lactated Ringer's solution during the first 8 hours?
What is 375ml/hr?
500
A specially designed ultraviolent light, useful in diagnosing fungal and bacteria infections.
What is a Wood's Light?
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