Patient Profile

M.J. is a 23-year-old white woman transferred via ambulance to the hospital after a fire in her apartment. She was asleep when the fire started and managed to make her way out of the apartment through the smoke. She sustained second- and third-degree burns over the right side of her face and neck, right side of the anterior trunk, two thirds of the lower right thigh, and the right arm. In the emergency department, she received a tetanus shot, morphine for pain, and 2 L of IV fluids.

Subjective Data

• Single; lives alone
• Attends local college part time while working full-time as a server
• Denies tobacco, alcohol, and drug use

Objective Data

Physical Examination

• Blood pressure 190/80, pulse 88, temperature 99°F, respirations 28
• Height 5’4”, weight 180 lb
• Voice is hoarse; singed nose hair
• Productive cough with moderate amounts of gray sputum
• Pupils equal, round, reactive to light and accommodation; right eye swollen
• Heart rate and rhythm regular; no murmur
• Lungs with wheezes throughout
• Bowel sounds diminished in all four quadrants
• Restless, states pain is at a level 10 on 10-point-scale
• Urinary catheter draining burgundy-colored urine
• Nasogastric tube is draining yellow-green drainage

Discussion Questions

1. What is the extent of M.J.’s burn injury, and how is it determined? What is the stage classification of her burn injury?
2. Calculate M.J.’s fluid requirements for the first 24 hours using the Parkland formula.
3. The nurse is concerned about smoke inhalation. What assessment findings would support her concerns?
4. M.J.’s pain level is a 10. Outline a pain management plan for M.J. at this time. Describe other nursing and interprofessional management that is important during this phase.

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