Challenges faced by the Nursing team in the care of burned victim: literature review

Abstract

Introduction: Burned patient care needs the involvement of a multidisciplinary team, and nursing is a key role in this care since it is the professional category in constant contact with the patient and his family. However, nursing faces challenges on the care for burned victims and their constant exposure to suffering and pain. Objective: To identify the challenges of the nursing staff in the care of burned patients according to scientific literature. Method: This is a literature research, conducted between April and May/2016 in the Latin American databases and Caribbean Health Sciences (LILACS), the Nursing Database (BDENF) and the Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System online (MEDLINE), available on the Virtual Health Library (VHL), and Google Scholar, using the keywords: "Nursing" and "Burn Units" with Boolean operator AND. The keywords crossing resulted in 282 scientific publications, of which 14 articles were selected addressing the topic, through the inclusion criteria: full-text availability, published between 2011 to May/2016, in Portuguese and English. The articles in duplicate (published in more than one selected database) were excluded.