Author Question: The nurse's neighbor has a severe sunburn and cannot sleep. What is the best advice by the nurse? ... (Read 57 times)

ss2343 · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

The nurse's neighbor has a severe sunburn and cannot sleep. What is the best advice by the nurse?

1. Apply emollients to keep the skin moist until it heals.
2. Call your physician for a prescription for pain medication.
3. Take acetaminophen (Tylenol) or ibuprofen (Advil) for pain.
4. Apply a local anesthetic to the area that is sunburned.

Question 2

The client asks the nurse how skin cells are replaced. What is the best response by the nurse?

1. The epidermis supplies new cells after older cells have been damaged or lost.
2. The dermis supplies new cells after older cells have been damaged or lost.
3. The stratum corneum supplies new cells after older cells have been damaged or lost.
4. The stratum germinativum supplies new cells after older cells have been damaged or lost.

jojobee318 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Emollients will not stop the pain of the sunburn.
Rationale 2: The client does not need a prescription pain medication.
Rationale 3: Acetaminophen (Tylenol) or ibuprofen (Advil) are good medications, but this is not the best answer.
Rationale 4: A local anesthetic will relieve the pain and allow the neighbor to sleep..

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1: The deepest epidermal sublayer, the stratum basale, supplies the epidermis with new cells after older superficial cells have been damaged or lost through normal wear.
Rationale 2: The deepest epidermal sublayer, the stratum basale, not the dermis, supplies the epidermis with new cells.
Rationale 3: The deepest epidermal sublayer, the stratum basale, not the stratum corneum, supplies the epidermis with new cells.
Rationale 4: The deepest epidermal sublayer, the stratum basale, not the stratum germinativum, supplies the epidermis with new cells.