What should the nurse teach a patient with a burn injury about skin changes that occur following a large burn?

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1. Patients with large burns are more susceptible to infection and have difficulty regulating body temperature even after the burn wound is healed.
2. Healed burned areas are more susceptible to mechanical injury as a consequence of changes in the texture of the skin and decrease of sensory perception.
3. Sensation will eventually return, but it may be altered.
4. Sun exposure should be avoided because burned areas are more susceptible to ultraviolet radiation.

What Should the Nurse Teach a Patient with a Burn