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Nursing management of minor burn injuries

Ann Fowler Clinical Nurse Specialist (Burns), Rainsford Mowlem Burns Unit, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex

This article discusses burns, with particular emphasis on minor burn injuries, and the role nurses can play in managing such injuries

Aims and intended learning outcomes

The aim of this article is to provide nurses with appropriate knowledge and information to manage a patient with a minor burn injury. After reading this article you should be able to:

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Define which bums are categorised as minor

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Discuss the general care and treatment required for minor burns

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Understand the wound care of a minor burn and the rationale for dressing selection

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Give appropriate after care advice to minor bum sufferers

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Advise patients on how to reduce further burn- related accidents.

Nursing Standard. 12, 49, 47-56. doi: 10.7748/ns.12.49.47.s44

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26 August 1998 / Vol 12 issue 49

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