%0 Journal Article %T The pivotal role of nursing personnel in burn care %A Greenfield Elisabeth %J Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery %D 2010 %I Medknow Publications %X The nurses play an important role in the overall management of a burn patient. They must be well versed with the various protocols available that can be used to rationally manage a given situation. The management not only involves medical care but also a psychological assessment of the victim and the family. The process uses a scientific method to combine systems theory with the art of nursing, entailing both problem solving techniques and a decision making process. It involves assessment of the patient to arrive at a diagnosis and then determining the patient goals .An action plan is implemented and is evaluated in the context of patient response . The article discusses many such scenarios in burn patients and outlines the nursing care plans. %K Role of nurses %K holistic approach %K evidence based medicine %K critical pathways %U http://www.ijps.org/article.asp?issn=0970-0358;year=2010;volume=43;issue=3;spage=94;epage=100;aulast=Greenfield