Practice Question
A nurse is performing a home health visit for a pediatric client who has had a recent onset of headaches. The nurse notices the home is poorly ventilated, and there is no placement of carbon monoxide detectors. Which of the following appliances should the nurse Identify as a potential source of carbon monoxide?
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Correct Answer:
Kerosene heater
Rationale:
✨ Carbon monoxide (CO) is produced by incomplete combustion of carbon-based fuels, such as kerosene, gas, or wood.
✨ A kerosene heater burns fuel and, in a poorly ventilated home, can release dangerous levels of CO into the air.
✨ CO is colorless, odorless, and tasteless, so families cannot detect it without CO detectors, increasing risk of poisoning.
✨ Symptoms such as headache, dizziness, nausea, and confusion are classic early manifestations of CO exposure.
✨ Identifying the kerosene heater as a CO source allows the nurse to teach about proper ventilation, safe use, and the need for CO detectors to prevent toxicity.
Refrigerator
✨ A standard household refrigerator runs on electricity, not fuel combustion, and does not normally produce carbon monoxide.
✨ Unless it is an older type using special fuels (rare in modern homes), it is not considered a typical CO source.
Washing machine
✨ A washing machine also uses electricity and does not burn fuel, so it does not generate CO during normal operation.
✨ It might pose other risks (e.g., electrical or water hazards) but is not a source of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Electric stove
✨ An electric stove does not burn gas or fuel, so it does not emit carbon monoxide.
✨ CO risk is associated with gas stoves or fuel-burning appliances, not standard electric stoves.
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Question Details
- Category: RN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: ATI Exam(s)
- Domain: RN ATI Pediatrics
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