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The extent of burns in children are normally assessed and expressed in:
 
  a. percentages of total body surface area (TBSA)
  b. terms of how deep the deepest burns are
  c. the severity of the burns on a 1 to 5 burn scale
  d. the amount of body surface that is unburned

Question 2

You are the community health nurse working with a single mother who has small children. You have helped the mother get on the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program.
 
  She receives coupons from this program to get food for her children, but she often fails to use the coupons, saying she is embarrassed to take charity. Which of the following responses from you would most likely succeed in getting her to use the coupons? a. It's really not charity. You have paid taxes and will pay more taxes some day when you have a job.
  b. If you don't take the help, someone else less deserving will.
  c. If I were in your shoes, I would use the coupons and be glad of having them.
  d. It is important to give your children nutritious meals so they will grow, and this is a way to provide them.



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Answer to Question 1

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A Correct: The extent of burns in children are normally assessed and expressed in percentages of total body surface area (TBSA).
B Incorrect: The extent of burns in children are not normally assessed and expressed in terms of how deep the deepest burns are.
C Incorrect: The extent of burns in children are not normally assessed and expressed according to the severity of the burns on a 1 to 5 burn scale.
D Incorrect: The extent of burns in children are normally assessed and expressed in terms of the amount of body surface that is unburned.

Answer to Question 2

D

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A Incorrect. Telling her it is not charity when she feels it is charity is ignoring her feelings, and is ineffective.
B Incorrect. Saying someone less deserving is saying that she may also be undeserving; this will not meet the goal of making sure she feeds hungry children.
C Incorrect. You can never be in someone else's shoes, and saying you can does not make it so.
D Correct. Focus upon the reason the community provides the coupons, to make sure her children are fed.




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Reply 2 on: Jun 27, 2018
Gracias!


mammy1697

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

 

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