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A quality improvement programme to reduce pressure ulcers

15 July 2015

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article outlines an innovative way of preventing pressure ulcers in the acute hospital setting. A programme using Rapid Spread Methodology was undertaken to...

Recording pressure ulcer risk assessment and incidence

15 July 2015

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article reports on the introduction of an innovative computer-based system developed to record and report pressure ulcer risk and incidence at an acute NHS...

Strategies to improve the prevention of pressure ulcers

01 November 2010

Nursing Older People

Feature

This article outlines the actions taken by one acute trust to implement evidence-based, best practice recommendations for pressure ulcer prevention. Initially, an...

Nutrition in pressure ulcer management

01 November 2006

Primary Health Care

Continuing professional development

This article reflects upon the role and importance of nutrition in pressure ulcer management. The nutritional care provided by the local community nursing team is...

Introducing students to clinical audit

28 October 2015

Nursing Management

Art & Science

It is more than a decade since the UK Central Council for Nursing Midwifery and Health Visiting said that engaging with clinical audit is ‘the business of every...

The role of antiseptics in pressure ulcer management

19 October 2011

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Pressure ulcers are areas of localised tissue damage and are associated with increased morbidity. The presence of infection further increases the risk of tissue...

Importance of nutrition in preventing and treating pressure ulcers

30 June 2017

Nursing Older People

CPD

Pressure ulcers are painful, and affect patients’ health, mobility and well-being. They also cost the NHS between £1.4-2.1 billion a year. Although a large...

Pressure ulcer prevention in care home settings

31 March 2017

Nursing Older People

CPD

Pressure ulcer prevention in the care home setting can be challenging and is often compromised by a lack of access to education and resources. There are measures...

Engaging patients in pressure ulcer prevention

06 May 2015

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

As patients increasingly care for themselves at home, they require accessible information to enable informed self-care. This article describes the development of an...

Pressure ulcer prevention in frail older people

16 December 2015

Nursing Standard

CPD

Pressure ulcers are painful and cause discomfort, have a negative effect on quality of life, and are costly to treat. The incidence and severity of preventable...

02 December 2024 / Vol 36 issue 6

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