Abstract

RODRIGUEZ GOMEZ, Orcilia; CASTILLO ILLAS, Mireya  and  CASTELLANOS CASTILLO, Yoania. Calidad en la atención al quemado. Rev Cubana Enfermer [online]. 2004, vol.20, n.1, pp.1-1. ISSN 0864-0319.

Burns are one of the most frequent causes of accidents in childhood, the majority of them are preventable since they are the result of either negligence or ignorance about the potential dangers of certain situations; therefore, the nursling and the little child should be protected by the surrounding environment because they are very curious and try to imitate the adults. A retrospective, descriptive study was made on 99 patients admitted to the Burn Service of "Dr Juan de la Cruz Martínez Maceira" Northern Pediatric Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, from January to December,2000, with the objective of assessing the quality of nursing care to the burned patients. Most of the patients classified as mild burned. The most frequent type of burn was skin burn AB, the most evaluated procedure in the nursing staff was hand-washing, occlusive curing and vital signs. The nursing staff was able to carry on actions that contributed to the rapid patients´ recovery. The performance of this staff and the quality of care was considered to be good.

Keywords : BURNS; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; NURSING CARE; QUALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY, DESCRIPTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES.