Nursing burn wounds on general wards.
In this article, the author predicts that patients with intermediate and minor burn injuries will be increasingly nursed on general wards. In this context, she describes developments in the treatment and management of wounds caused by burns, and examines the advantages and drawbacks of current nursing treatments and how these should be used.
Atkinson
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Faculty of Healthcare Sciences, Kingston University.
D001830:Body Surface Area; D002056:Burns / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing*; D005392:First Aid / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D009730:Nursing Assessment