Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Nursing - Department of Surgical Nursing

Burn injuries can create numerous problems that include the formation of hypertrophic scars, joint contractures, and motor dysfunctions such as loss of muscle strength, sensory disturbances such as pain, barriers to the activities of daily living, social problems, and psychological disturbances. Ultimately, functional outcomes of burn survivors can be severely affected. Aim: to assess the effect of protocol of nursing care on physiological outcomes among patients with non complex burn injuries. Design: Quasi {u2013} experimental design. Sample: A total of 60 patients with non complex burn injuries were randomly selected. Data were collected through Patients' knowledge assessment test, numerical pain scale, Bates-Jensen Wound Assessment Tool and the Index of independence in activities of daily living (ADL). Results: The majority of the study group (96.7%) had satisfactory total knowledge about burn, most of the study (90% and 60%) and control group (80% and 83.3%) had severe pain on admission and before discharge respectively, there is a highly statistically significant differences in scores of wound assessment one and two weeks after discharge among patients in the study and control groups (p< 0.05), more than half of the study group (73.3%) was independent after two weeks of discharge

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