Nursing Management Flashcards

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Nursing management of Minor Burn:

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  1. History taking: Identification, Cause of Injury, Mechanism of injury & co- morbidities
  2. Wound assessment: Dress to tailor the burn
  3. Tetanus
  4. Minimise infection
  5. Odema management
  6. Follow up
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Nursing management for Pain in burns:

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1- 3: Paracetamol, NSAID
3-7: Paracetamol, NSAID, tramadol, +/- Endone
8-10: Paracetamol, NSAID, Tramadol, Oxycotin, Endone for break through

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Nursing management for Severe burns:

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  1. Cooling is important:
    - Chemical burns need to be diluted with irrigation & use of litmus strip to test for removal.
  2. ABC:
  3. Remove all or any jewelry & cut clothing away
    4.
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