Explain Experiences of Physicians and Nurses' Perspectives on Burn Injury Care Priorities

Doctors and nurses are in frequent contact with burn patients, therefore, the best sources for receiving care information are to design a comprehensive program to improve the quality of care. For this purpose, this study was conducted to explain the experiences of physicians and nurses of burn wound care priorities.

This study was qualitative research based on content analysis that was conducted in 2020 in 1 teaching hospital and 1 military hospital in Isfahan. Participants included 7 nurses and physicians with at least 5 years of experience in burn wound care who were selected by purposive sampling. Data were collected using in-depth semi-structured individual interviews and sampling was continued until data saturation. Data were analyzed by conventional content analysis.

After data analysis, 3 main classes and 10 subclasses were extracted. Class of burn wound assessment with two subclasses of patient evaluation and first aid and assessment of burn surface and depth, burn wound management class with four subclasses of cleaning and exfoliation, burn wound dressing, pain management, and patient education, follow-up care class were divided into four subcategories: general health care, skincare, multidisciplinary support, and malformation prevention.

According to the experiences of nurses and physicians, patients with burn wounds have various care needs in physical and psychological fields, which make care priorities different from each other, and it is necessary to pay attention to this issue in patient-centered care.