PICOT Statement
PICOT Question: Does early assessment and intervention by nurses decrease the incident of hospital acquired pressure ulcer (HAPUs) on patients at high risk?
Population: Adult patients, males and females 60 years old and above with risks of acquiring pressure ulcers at Central Regional Hospital Butner, North Carolina; risks like incontinence, issues with nutrition, disease process, mobility limitations, peripheral vascular disease, mental health issues and functional mobility.
Intervention: Completing head to toe skin assessment each shift on patients at risk for developing pressure ulcer, utilizing Braden scale and implementing preventive measures which include, repositioning or turning immobile patients every two hours, providing support surfaces, and keeping the incontinent patient dry at all time.
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It is said in health industry that pressure ulcers are as a result of lack of nursing care. And so nurses must up their game considering the impact this negative belief have among the health industry participants, and the enormous amount of money spent annually by our health industry in taking care of pressure ulcer patients for which Centers for Medicare and Medicaid have stopped reimbursing for. Every nursing staff in every health establishment must be educated on how pressure ulcers are prevented part of which are, but not limited to repositioning them every two hours, taking care of their skin, their nutrition, their mobility, providing fitting support surfaces(Tallier, Reineke, Asadoorian, Choonoo, Campo, & Malmgreen-Wallen, 2017). When nurses practice evidence-based guidelines to assess patients at high risk for HAPUs, the incidence to develop HAPUs will decreases
PICOT Question: Does early assessment and intervention by nurses decrease the incident of hospital acquired pressure ulcer (HAPUs) on patients at high risk?
Population: Adult patients, males and females 60 years old and above with risks of acquiring pressure ulcers at Central Regional Hospital Butner, North Carolina; risks like incontinence, issues with nutrition, disease process, mobility limitations, peripheral vascular disease, mental health issues and functional mobility.
Intervention: Completing head to toe skin assessment each shift on patients at risk for developing pressure ulcer, utilizing Braden scale and implementing preventive measures which include, repositioning or turning immobile patients every two hours, providing support surfaces, and keeping the incontinent patient dry at all time.
Comparison: How does good assessment that identify risk of developing …show more content…
It is said in health industry that pressure ulcers are as a result of lack of nursing care. And so nurses must up their game considering the impact this negative belief have among the health industry participants, and the enormous amount of money spent annually by our health industry in taking care of pressure ulcer patients for which Centers for Medicare and Medicaid have stopped reimbursing for. Every nursing staff in every health establishment must be educated on how pressure ulcers are prevented part of which are, but not limited to repositioning them every two hours, taking care of their skin, their nutrition, their mobility, providing fitting support surfaces(Tallier, Reineke, Asadoorian, Choonoo, Campo, & Malmgreen-Wallen, 2017). When nurses practice evidence-based guidelines to assess patients at high risk for HAPUs, the incidence to develop HAPUs will decreases