[ZuZuTrauma]

Hi everyone,

I'm leaving emergency/trauma ICU for burn nursing in July (at NYP-Cornell). I'm really excited about this change. I know it will be challenging and I'm looking forward to learning so much more.

Any advice from the experienced burn nurses out there?

[stormforce]

I worked burns as part of a rotation from ER, I loved it but it was very different to any other type of nursing I have done. It is challenging, I loved doing the dressings and where I worked it was an emergency admission and high care area with theatres all integrated into one unit.

The types of burns will be varied and the way people find to burn themselves always astounded me. I've seen burns from oven cleaners to gas. I work in a big industrial area so we had lots of industrial injuries as well.

I think as a new burns nurse the one thing that I found difficult was the smell, not offensive but just distracting is the only way to describe it. You do get used to it though

It is a challenging speciality

Enjoy