University of Tennessee Knoxville, College of Social Work, Nashville, TN, United States.
University of Tennessee Knoxville, College of Social Work, Nashville, TN, United States.
Burns. 2022 Feb;48(1):191-200. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2021.03.001. Epub 2021 Mar 16.
Social workers on interprofessional teams contribute to treating the psychosocial sequelae of burn trauma patients in cooperation with many other burn-treatment team members. However, the roles and skills exercised by social workers can vary between burn units as well as the skills social work students are taught in their academic programs.
A purposive sample of 13 burn unit social workers were interviewed online using semi-structured questions. This qualitative thematic analysis of data was conducted to identify how social workers perceive their roles, responsibilities, and knowledge as they relate to their work with patients and their families in a burn unit.
Skills, challenges and barriers to rehabilitation, and resources were identified during thematic analysis within and across participant data as factors social workers found to be important for their work in burn units.
By expanding the body of knowledge about factors that impact social work care for burn patients, Social work academic programs may better understand how to prepare medical social work students for best practices in the care of burn-injured patients, survivors, and families at inpatient and community levels.
在跨专业团队中，社会工作者与许多其他烧伤治疗团队成员合作，共同治疗烧伤创伤患者的心理社会后遗症。然而，社会工作者在烧伤病房中的角色和技能以及社会工作专业学生在学术课程中所教授的技能可能因烧伤病房而异。
采用目的性抽样方法，对 13 名烧伤病房社会工作者进行了在线半结构化访谈。对数据进行了定性主题分析，以确定社会工作者如何看待他们在烧伤病房中与患者及其家属一起工作时的角色、责任和知识。
在主题分析中，在参与者数据内和跨参与者数据中确定了技能、康复挑战和障碍以及资源，这些都是社会工作者认为对其在烧伤病房工作很重要的因素。
通过扩展影响烧伤患者社会工作护理的因素的知识体系，社会工作学术课程可以更好地理解如何为医疗社会工作学生在烧伤患者、幸存者及其家庭的住院和社区护理方面的最佳实践做好准备。
