title: Unique considerations in caring for a pediatric burn patient: a developmental approach.
abstract: Treatment of the child with a burn injury is a dynamic and complex process incorporating pediatric physiology, cognition, and emotional development. An understanding of child development and the importance of the family plays a key role in the child's recovery at all ages. An account of a teenager's burn injury is depicted through the voices of the teenager and his nurse. This article explores that experience and provides a comprehensive look at the role of the burn team, family, and community in his recovery.
authors.affiliation: The Children's Hospital, 1056 East 19th Avenue B560, Denver, CO 80218, USA. smith.maureen@tchden.org
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doctor
authors.forename: Trudy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Boulter
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development; D000298:Adolescent, Hospitalized / Q000523:psychology*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002053:Burn Units; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D008016:Life Change Events; D020380:Needs Assessment; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D020127:Recovery of Function