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Nursing Management of Burn Injuries by Evelyn Medina is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This case study involves a 34-year-old female patient who sustained second- and third-degree burns over 31.5% of her total body surface area from a house fire. She requires 7,560mL of fluid resuscitation in the first 8 hours according to the Parkland formula. Clinical manifestations of her injuries include pain, inflammation, and blistering from second-degree burns and leathery, painless skin from third-degree burns. Priority nursing diagnoses include impaired gas exchange, ineffective airway clearance, def
- Author
- Evelyn Medina
- Language
- EN