Open AccessThe pivotal role of nursing personnel in burn care
Author(s) -
Elisabeth Greenfield
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of plastic surgery/indian journal of plastic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.299
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1998-376X
pISSN - 0970-0358
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0358.70728
Subject(s) - medicine , nursing process , nursing , context (archaeology) , action (physics) , process (computing) , plan (archaeology) , nursing care , nursing assessment , action plan , medical emergency , medline , computer science , history , paleontology , ecology , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , biology , operating system , political science , law
The nurses play an important role in the overall management of a burn patient. They must be well versed with the various protocols available that can be used to rationally manage a given situation. The management not only involves medical care but also a psychological assessment of the victim and the family. The process uses a scientific method to combine systems theory with the art of nursing, entailing both problem solving techniques and a decision making process. It involves assessment of the patient to arrive at a diagnosis and then determining the patient goals.An action plan is implemented and is evaluated in the context of patient response. The article discusses many such scenarios in burn patients and outlines the nursing care plans.