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A Career in the Burn Center
The Burn Center offers caregivers a variety of practice environments that range in scope from outpatients to the acutely ill. Our facility includes:
We offer flexible scheduling and a diversity of specialized roles as well as encouragement and support to excel. With the recent expansion of the wound care program, opportunities exist for exceptional caregivers seeking employment. Staff Comments"I value the team approach that is ingrained in the care of the burn patient. Other patient care providers aspire to provide this level of care, but the Shands at UF burn team has it down to a science." - D.H., RN "I enjoy seeing patients for follow-up after they leave the unit. Working with the burn team is awesome." - K.T., RN A workday in the Burn CenterThe day starts with the arrival of the day shift for general report. The night shift charge nurse requests adjustments to staffing for the day predicted on the scheduled activities. The Critical Care Medicine (CCM) resident checks on the status of the patients the CCM team is following, then joins the CCM team for rounds on critical patients followed throughout the hospital. Outgoing nurses provide the new shift caregivers with detailed patient care reports for the patients they will have assigned to them (usually one nurse cares for up to three patients). Unit assignments may include patients ranging from pediatric to geriatric burn patients, as well as critically ill patients from other medical services placed in the burn center for care of extensive or complicated wounds. The nurse assigned to the operating room will begin setting up. The nurses and ARNPs assigned to the clinics coordinate the care required for patients outside the unit. As the first patients are being readied for surgery the unit staff begin arranging the teams needed to perform the larger procedures. The wound care required for the more serious patients requires two to three nurses. Less serious wounds are handled individually or with the assistance of the patient care assistant. Wound care typically takes about one hour per patient. Clinic and off-unit patients begin arriving and the clinic staff prepare them for the return of the physicians from floor rounds. As the day progresses, scheduled care is continuously adjusted to address the dynamics of the unit. Patients returning from surgery require post-anesthesia recovery and additional wound care. As patients are discharged to home, rehabilitation facilities or transferred to other hospital floors, new patients arrive. The schedule is adjusted to allow for:
By midday, the CCM team completes morning hospital rounds by touring the Burn Center and arranges for procedures which need to be performed for patients within the unit. Family and visitors arrive for the first scheduled visitation period from 1 - 2 p.m. Wound care and bedside procedures continue into the afternoon. When the evening shift arrives, the charge nurse gives a general status report and staff assignments are determined. The day shift transfers care of the patients to the new team. The patient care assistant sets up for the evening needs and continues the care in the hydrotherapy area. Bedside procedures, clinics and surgery may continue well into the evening. A second family visitation period is scheduled from 6 - 7:30 p.m. Wound care is provided for patients who require second bandage changes and those arriving from surgery. Most of the emergent arrivals occur on the evening shift or early into the night shift. Members of the burn team and CCM make unit rounds again in the evening. When the night shift arrives, they receive reports and care is transferred. Night shift duties include:
ApplyIf you would like to apply for a position in unit, fill out the online application. Contact Shands at UF Nurse Recruiter352.265.0680 ext. 85388 |
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