Burn management. Rehabilitation.
Rehabilitation of a patient with a burn injury requires multidisciplinary collaboration, especially between the burn therapist and the burn rehabilitation nurse. Each discipline brings unique educational backgrounds and skills to promote the rehabilitation process throughout all phases of burn recovery. This article highlights major aspects of burn rehabilitation and emphasizes the collaboration between the burn therapist and the rehabilitation nurse.
Pessina
M A
MA
Department of Rehabilitation, Shriners Burns Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
Ellis
S M
SM
D002053:Burn Units; D002056:Burns / Q000451:nursing* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010351:Patient Discharge