A patient is admitted to the hospital with 4th degree burns. The nurse expects the patient's wounds to be:
Explanation
• This patient has 4th degree burns, which are characterized by the following: black, eschar, dry, painless, no blanching
• Superficial (1st degree): Red, dry, painful
• Superficial partial thickness (2nd degree): Red, clear blisters, moist, painful, blanches
• Deep partial thickness (2nd degree): Red and white, bloody blisters, moist, painful, less blanching
• Full thickness burn (3rd degree): White/Brown, dry, leathery, painless, no blanching