A nurse is providing anticipatory guidance to a community parent ...

[stephzh]

A nurse is providing anticipatory guidance to a community parent group about burn prevention. When discussing school-age and older children, which cause of burn occurs most often in this age group?
 
  A.
  Cooking and kitchen activities
  B.
  Exposure to hot water
  C.
  Household electrical wires
  D.
  Touching hot appliances

Question 2

The clinic nurse is assessing a child who had a tick bite for tick-borne disease. What assessment finding indicates to the nurse the child may have Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and not Lyme disease?
 
  A.
  Abdominal pain
  B.
  Clear skin
  C.
  Fever
  D.
  Headache

[Meganchabluk]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
School-age and adolescent children are more independent than younger children and often cook food on the stove, in the oven, or in the microwave. This activity is associated with a risk for burns not seen in younger children. The other activities usually cause burns in infants and toddlers.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever produces severe abdominal pain. Fever and headache are seen in both diseases, as is a rash.