A patient who has sustained a burn injury will undergo wound debridement. The nurse includes which explanation when explaining the purpose of burn wound debridement?

What is herpes simplex type 2?

The patient talks with his dead brother and arranges furniture so that his brother will have a place to sit. How should the nurse document this behavior?

When discussing aging, to whom does the term older adulthood apply?

A young adult patient has come into a dermatology clinic and reports having had a single 1-in lesion that was scaly with a raised border and a pink center on the chest. Now, a little more than a week later, there are smaller matching spots of the rash on both sides of the chest. The nurse observes pink, oval-shaped spots that are 1⁄4 to 1⁄2 in across. What condition does the nurse suspect the health care provider will diagnose?

Which patient instruction will the nurse reinforce relative to the management of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)?

When the nurse discusses prevention of cardiac disease, falls, and depression with a group of older adults, the benefits of what are important to stress?

What severe side effect will occur if an alcoholic patient consumes alcohol while taking disulfiram (Antabuse)?

When assessing the older adult, the nurse considers which aspect of the patient's routine as a possible contributor to constipation?

How should the nurse document the behavior of a patient with mental illness?

A patient is preparing to receive electroconvulsive therapy. The nurse caring for this patient identifies which patient problem as the highest priority?