NCLEX-RN Practice Test

NCLEX-RN Practice Test practice questions, page 17 of 35, with answer review and explanations.

Question 81

The most important reason to closely assess circumferential burns at least every hour is that they may result in:

  1. Hypovolemia
  2. Renal damage
  3. Ventricular arrhythmias
  4. Loss of peripheral pulses

Question 82

During burn therapy, morphine is primarily administered IV for pain management because this route:

  1. Delays absorption to provide continuous pain relief
  2. Facilitates absorption because absorption from muscles is not dependable
  3. Allows for discontinuance of the medication if respiratory depression develops
  4. Avoids causing additional pain from IM injections

Question 83

The medication that best penetrates eschar is:

  1. Mafenide acetate (Sulfamylon)
  2. Silver sulfadiazine (Silvadene)
  3. Neomycin sulfate (Neosporin)
  4. Povidone-iodine (Betadine)

Question 84

When the nurse is evaluating lab data for a client 1824 hours after a major thermal burn, the expected physiological changes would include which of the following?

  1. Elevated serum sodium
  2. Elevated serum calcium
  3. Elevated serum protein
  4. Elevated hematocrit

Question 85

The nurse notes hyperventilation in a client with a thermal injury. She recognizes that this may be a reaction to which of the following medications if applied in large amounts?

  1. Neosporin sulfate
  2. Mafenide acetate
  3. Silver sulfadiazine
  4. Povidone-iodine