Burn Dressings: A Critical Indicator for Patient Care Classification in Burn Units

Abstract

Nursing services consume approximately 60% of a hospital personnel budget, requiring justification for staffing levels and manpower expenses. The lack of an adequate level of nursing care affects the operation of the entire health care team. The purpose of this descriptive study is to establish the mean tasking time to apply burn dressings. The number of nursing staff required to complete a burn dressing application is dependent on the location of injury and the ability of the patient to cooperate. Establishing the essential mean tasking time for routine post-operative dressing assists in the production of accurate reporting of nursing manpower requirements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA251390

Entities

People

  • Dennis M. Driscoll

Organizations

  • United States Army Institute of Surgical Research

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Body Regions
  • Burns
  • Dermatologic Agents
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Lower Extremity
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Patient Care
  • Personnel Management
  • Upper Extremity
  • Workload

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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