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A 4-year-old is brought to the emergency department with a burn. What would alert the nurse to the possibility of child abuse?
 
  A) Burn assessment correlates with mother's report of contact with a portable heater.
  B) Parents state that the injury occurred approximately 15 to 20 minutes ago.
  C) Clear delineations are noted between burned and nonburned skin areas.
  D) The burn area appears asymmetric and nonuniform.
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Ans: C
Suggested signs of a burn resulting from possible child abuse include a uniform appearance of the burn with clear delineations of burned and nonburned areas. Abuse would also be suspected if the report of the injury was inconsistent with burn injury or there was a delay in seeking treatment. An asymmetric nonuniform burn often correlates with a splatter-type burn resulting from the child pulling a source of hot fluid onto himself or herself.
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