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A Burn Patient Is Transitioning from the Acute Phase of the Injury

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A burn patient is transitioning from the acute phase of the injury to the rehabilitation phase. The patient tells the nurse, I cant wait to have surgery to reconstruct my face so I look normal again. What would be the nurses best response?


A) Thats something that you and your doctor will likely talk about after your scars mature.
B) That is something for you to talk to your doctor about because its not a nursing responsibility.
C) I know this is really important to you, but you have to realize that no one can make you look like you used to.
D) Unfortunately, its likely that you will have most of these scars for the rest of your life.

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