Hospital w/ advanced burn unit????

Saint Francis Memorial Hospital in San Francisco

Most large cities have burn units. You just need to check out your area.
Most are going to require some floor or unit experience first as most patients that arrive are critically ill and on ventilators with multiple drips infusing.

Hi SDNEWGIRL here I've collected some links which may help you out :


http://www.archildrens.org/career/de...rsing.asp#burn

http://www.staffpointe.com/nurses_burn_unit.htm

http://medinfo.ucsd.edu/nursing/departments/burn.htm

http://www.burnsurvivor.com/

Gainesville, FL has a verified burn center @ Shands at the University of Florida. Check out their website. I am a new nurse working in the BICU and the staff is amazing. Good luck with school!

The American Burn Association has a list of all the Verified Burn Centers. Not all Burn Centers are verified, but this is a good place to start. Good Luck.


http://ameriburn.org/verification_verifiedcenters.php

If your looking to go right into a burn unit from nursing school I would suggest looking for a hospital that integrates the SICU with the burn unit. I was hired directly out of nursing school into the SICU at Ohio State University Medical Center. I never intended to become a burn nurse but was slowly exposed to it by taking assignments with more stable burn patients. As time went by I naturally grew into the role as a burn nurse with the support and education of the SICU management, CNS, and experianced burn nurses.