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Pressure Ulcer Prevention Case Study

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The pressure ulcers are a serious and significant health care problem. It not only cause pain, slow recovery from the sick skin condition and prolonged hospital stay but also increase health care costs and nursing time. It occurs in patients of all age group. According to the statistics, it cost $9.1-$11.6 billion and 2.5 million people affect Nation wild each year ( Are We Ready for This Change? | Agency for Healthcare ... n.d.). The skin lesions cause patient suffering from pain, and the risk for infection. In this essay, the student will present a pressure ulcer prevention program (PUPP). Discussing the purpose of the program, the target population, and the benefits of the program associated with the cost. At the final, the student will evaluate the possibility to implement the program.

Pressure ulcer prevention program is an interdisciplinary quality improvement initiative. It is designed to assist nursing home …show more content…

Be sure all shifts are represented. Risk assessment to all residents every shift. Educate all staff the knowledge of pressure ulcer including risk factors, prevention method. Ensure that all the staff, understand the guidelines, policies and role of responsibility. Empower them to organize their shifts and tasks, assure interventions are implemented and communicated. Use evidence-based pressure ulcer prevention guidelines in the clinical practice. The electronic computer support system create a resident-tailored protocol information into the system included (1) Record the preventive materials for easy entrance. Such as foam mattress availability. (2) Resident pressure ulcer risk assessment, pressure ulcer and skin assessments. (3) Information on evidence-based interventions and referrals to other types of care staff such as dieticians. Nutrition interventions have been found to reduce

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