The Psychology of Burn Pain: What Nurses Need to Know

The June issue of AJN includes the second part of a two-part article on burn pain (here’s the first part; for the best versions of both parts, click on “article as PDF”). Addressing the psychological component of this pain is key to the patient’s recovery. Below are some tips from Frank Costello, a clinical nurse specialist on a burn unit at Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City, who spoke with editor-in-chief Diana Mason. (A podcast of the full interview with Costello can be found here.)

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Give Us A Whirl: Submit Poems and Visual Art to AJN’s Art of Nursing

Artist at Work by ms. Tea / Tracy Ducasse, via Flickr.

First off, here’s some (perhaps) startling news: the work you’ll find in our Art of Nursing department might not be by a nurse or even about nursing, although of course it often is. It will somehow pertain to health or health care, and it will—we heartily believe—be worth the reader’s while. So, whether you’re a nurse or not, if you’re thinking about sending us a poem or visual art, why not give it a whirl? (We’ll also consider very short fiction—950 words or less.) As long as your work makes a connection to health or health care, is previously unpublished, and is well made, we’ll consider it happily. […]

2016-11-21T13:29:01-05:00May 13th, 2009|nursing perspective|6 Comments
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