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The psychiatrist on the burns unit

Burns, 1993
The first 12 months of a new consultation-liaison service to a burns unit is described. Management of contact between the psychiatrist and the burns team is discussed and diagnostic categories are given for referrals seen. Diagnostic criteria are not achieved for many patients assessed, and yet the burns team still requires help managing patients who ...
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Undermedication for pain on a burn unit

General Hospital Psychiatry, 1984
As the consultation-liaison psychiatrist for a large burn service, the author investigated the undermedication for pain. This phenomenon could not be adequately explained by the staff's insensitivity, by mistaken ideas about analgesics, or by fears of iatrogenic addiction.
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The relationship between job satisfaction and motivation levels of nurses working in burn units

Burns
For nurses working in specialized units such as burn units, having adequate levels of job satisfaction and motivation is crucial for enhanced productivity in order to maintain quality nursing care.A cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational design was ...
A, Kabuk, P, Ongün
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Infection control in the burn unit

Burns, 2011
The survival rates for burn patients have improved substantially in the past few decades due to advances in modern medical care in specialized burn centers. Burn wound infections are one of the most important and potentially serious complications that occur in the acute period following injury. In addition to the nature and extent of the thermal injury
Karim, Rafla, Edward E, Tredget
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Burn-out in the dialysis unit

Journal of Nephrology, 2008
Abstract The management of human resources is definitely one of the most important chapters in managerial activities. So, the involved participation of personnel is one of fundamental importance for all systems of quality management. The aim of this study is to analyse satisfaction of personnel in dialysis units.
Biagio, Di Iorio, Nicola, Cillo, Emanuele, Cucciniello, Vincenzo, Bellizzi   +3 more
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Infection with Acinetobacter in a burns unit

Burns, 1983
In recent months 17 patients on the Burns Unit at St Lawrence Hospital have been infected with Acinetobacter anitratus. We present 4 patients who have been extremely ill and in whom Acinetobacter was considered to have played a prominent role. We stress the importance of opportunistic infection in burns patients and antibiotic resistance in this ...
A R, Green, M A, Milling
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The management of pain in the burns unit

Burns, 2009
The adverse sequalae of inadequate pain control in the burn population have been long recognised, yet control of pain remains inadequate globally. The dynamic evolution of burn pain both centrally and peripherally, and the many factors which influence pain perception illustrate the need for a therapeutic plan which is similarly dynamic and flexible ...
P, Richardson, L, Mustard
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Liaison psychiatry on a burn unit

General Hospital Psychiatry, 1980
Psychiatric liaison activities and intervention on a burn unit are described. The authors review the psychiatrist's interventions with regard to unhealthy staff denial; educating staff about psychiatric issues; facilitating improved staff-patient communication; and helping nurses manage patients' inappropriate sexual behavior.
A, Billowitz, W, Friedson, D S, Schubert
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Infection precautions in a burns unit

Nursing Standard, 1993
Staff working with patients with burns are regularly exposed to large amounts of potentially infected blood. With the steady rise of HIV infection in the general population it is no longer appropriate to classify patients as at high or low risk of infection.
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Impact of a disaster on a burn unit

Psychosomatics, 1986
Abstract The sudden arrival at a burn unit of six critically injured persons requiring immediate and extensive intervention put a severe strain on the unit's resources. Under the pressure of events, the unit's organization and functioning had to change from that of a primarily closed system to a more open one.
P S, Powers, M, Maher, M D, Helm, C W, Cruse, W, Luria   +4 more
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