The child had a cast applied the previous day for a broken tibia. The mother returns the child to the provider to report swelling and significant pain. Upon assessment, the nurse notes pale, cool toes with a capillary refill time of 6 seconds. The child denies feeling the nurse's assessment but screams in pain when the leg is moved. The nurse anticipates which treatment for this patient?
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The patient is admitted to the intensive care unit after starting antibiotics and experiencing a severe drug reaction and erythema multiforme syndrome. The patient has severe mucocutaneous bullae over 42% of the body surface area. The nurse anticipates which diagnosis for this patient?
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The nurse is performing an admission assessment on a bedridden patient transferred from an assisted living facility. The nurse notes an area, 10 cm by 12 cm, on the patient’s sacrum that is intact but maroon in color. Which of the following is the most appropriate term for the nurse to use when documenting this finding?
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