Nursing interventions and expected outcomes: Burn healing process in severely burned adult patients

Abstract

Introduction: The care needs of adult patients with severe burns are a priority for healthcare institutions. Patient complications and staff training are essential for achieving the better outcomes.

Objective: To evaluate the burn healing process based on nursing interventions and expected outcomes for patients with severe burns.

Methodology: Descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in a sample of 24 nurses to evaluate the burn healing process. An instrument was designed and implemented based on Domain 2: Physiological Health, Class L: Tissue Integrity, and Expected Outcomes in Patients with Severe Burns, according to code 1107: Burn Recovery. The Likert scale and the indicators described were applied.

Results: Nursing staff who took part in the study obtained an overall mean score of 4 points, equivalent to Frequently demonstrated, for interventions such as documenting temperature stability, monitoring fluid status, and measuring ambulation tolerance, and Rarely demonstrated for managing psychological adaptation to changes in physical appearance.

Conclusions: Compliance with nursing interventions and expected outcomes in severely burned patients in a trauma unit was generally Sometimes demonstrated, indicating areas for improvement in interventions such as managing psychological adaptation and measuring healed body surface area.