NUR 185 Week 5
Concepts: Tissue integrity
Note: Although the chapter covers all phases of care for the client with burns, the LPN is most likely to
work with clients during the acute phase (it can last for months), rehabilitation phase and home care.
Focus on chapter 57 in the Linton textbook.
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Predicting and managing potential complications
As you can see, these nursing diagnoses are a different way of stating concepts you have learned. Because
this is a concept-based curriculum (and nurses think in concepts), when you are looking at the nursing
diagnosis, connect it to a concept and recall and apply what you know about the concept. Practice doing
this on the table below.
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caring for the client with
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