Burn Injury Case Study (60 min)
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Mr. Travis is a 32 year old male who presents to the ED after sustaining severe 2nd and 3rd degree burns in a house fire. The below diagram estimates his wounds. He weighs 85 kg and is 5’11”.
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Bloom's Taxonomy: Application
Using the Rule of Nines, estimate the Total Body Surface Area Burned (TBSA %).
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Bloom's Taxonomy: Application
Calculate the total fluid volume required for resuscitation in the first 24 hours using the Parkland Burn Formula.
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Bloom's Taxonomy: Analysis
What is the TOP nursing priority for Mr. Travis?
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You note circumferential burns around the Right Upper Arm and soot around the mouth with singed nose hairs, plus some facial swelling.
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Bloom's Taxonomy: Analysis
What are your main concerns for complication(s)?
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Bloom's Taxonomy: Analysis
Physiologically, explain the alterations in Mr. Travis’s vital signs.
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Bloom's Taxonomy: Analysis
How will you know if fluid resuscitation is effective?
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Bloom's Taxonomy: Analysis
What are priorities for daily care of Mr. Travis?
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Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension
Mr. Travis will need skin grafts. How will you explain autologous skin grafts to Mr. Travis and his family?
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Term 4, Week 2
Concepts Covered:
- Integumentary Disorders
- Tissues and Glands
- Integumentary Important Points
- Integumentary Disorders
- Terminology
- Postoperative Nursing
- Musculoskeletal Trauma
- Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Medication Administration
- Microbiology
- Disorders of the Adrenal Gland
- Immunological Disorders
- Oncology Disorders
- Infectious Disease Disorders
- Disorders of Pancreas
- Musculoskeletal Disorders
Study Plan Lessons
Integumentary (Skin) Course Introduction
Epithelial (Skin) Tissues
Integumentary (Skin) Module Intro
Burn Injuries
Types of Epithelial (Skin) Tissue
Nursing Care and Pathophysiology for Herpes Zoster – Shingles
Integumentary (Skin) Important Points
Skin Structure & Function
Nursing Care and Pathophysiology for Psoriasis
Impetigo
Integumentary (Skin) Assessment
Integumentary (Skin) Terminology
Surgical Incisions & Drain Sites
Wound Care – Assessment
Wound Care – Selecting a Dressing
Wound Care – Dressing Change
Wound Care – Wound Drains
Topical Medications
Different Dressings
Anti-Infective – Antifungals
Burn Injuries
Burn Injury Case Study (60 min)
Cortisone (Cortone) Nursing Considerations
Impetigo
Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Burn Injury (First, Second, Third degree)
Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Cellulitis
Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Eczema (Infantile or Childhood) / Atopic Dermatitis
Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Herpes Zoster – Shingles
Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Impetigo
Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Lyme Disease
Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Pressure Ulcer / Decubitus Ulcer (Pressure Injury)
Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Skin cancer – Melanoma, Basal Cell Carcinoma, Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Varicella / Chickenpox
Nursing Case Study for Diabetic Foot Ulcer
Pressure Ulcers/Pressure injuries (Braden scale)
Skin Cancer
Varicella Case Study (Peds) (30 min)
Wound Care – Dressing Change