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Category - Safety

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A nurse is admitting a 10-year-old child with second- to third-degree burns on the entire left arm. The nurse places the child in a room with:
  1. A 10-year-old with chicken pox
  2. A 12-year-old with right-sided heart failure
  3. A 10-year-old with diarrhea
  4. A 3-year-old child with asthma
Explanation
Answer: B - A child with second- to third-degree burns is at risk for infections, due to an extensive impaired integrity of the skin. The child should be placed with another child who is not infectious and whose age is closest to the client’s age.
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