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Nursing Management of the Burn Patient

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Nursing the burn-injured patient and supporting his/her family throughout recovery is a complex, demanding, but ultimately, rewarding professional role. The repertoire of nursing skills is varied and includes comprehensive critical care, complex wound care, pain and anxiety management, psychosocial support and community re-integration. Nurses are a consistent presence throughout all phases of a patient’s care, including arrival in the emergency department, time in the critical care unit, transfer to a burn unit/center, repatriation to a community hospital, transfer to a rehabilitation facility, and discharge to an outpatient burn clinic. Burn nursing care continues to be driven by evidence-based practices in burn care and improved upon by both quantitative and qualitative nursing research. This book chapter on “Nursing Management of the Burn Patient” is intended to assist the nurse in providing comprehensive care to the burn patient and his/her family.

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