Pressure Injury Prevention

A methodology for assessing pressure distribution properties of advanced wound care dressings at clinically relevant loads

It is widely recognized that one of the key contributing factors to pressure injury occurrence is deformation of skin and underlying tissue as a result of direct sustained pressure, assoc...

08/19/2021

Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Patient Repositioning for Pressure Injury Prevention: A survey of U.S. Acute Care Wound Nurses

Background and significance: Prevention programs for hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPI) are multi-faceted and complex.[i] Pressure injury prevention (PIP) programs require hands-o...

08/19/2021

Pilot Initiative

Implementing a Pressure Injury Prevention Bundle to Decrease Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries in an Adult Critical Care Unit: An Evidence-Based, Pilot Initiative

10/01/2020

Julie Rivera, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CWOCN

Erin Donohoe, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CWOCN

Mary Deady-Rooney, MSN, RN, CCRN, NEA-BC

Maxine Douglas, MSN, RN, CCRN

Nyishah Samaniego, MSN, CEN, TCRN, NE-BC

Spearheaded by the wound, ostomy, and continence nurses and supported by management and members of the patient care teams, this pressure injury prevention bundle was successfully implemented, and the incidence of pressure injuries was reduced.

Spearheaded by the wound,...

10/01/2020

Wound Management & Prevention

Team Approach to Prevention

Objective: Pressure injury prevention is a challenge. A 220-bed hospital in the central Midwest accomplished over 1,000 calendar days without pressure injury on two hospital units. Goal o...

12/11/2019

Use of a Patient Monitoring System as an Innovative Intervention in a Pressure Injury Prevention Initiative in a Surgical Intensive Care Unit

Pressure injuries (PI) have a major impact on patients and facilities in the United States with an approximate cost of $11 billion annually. Due to multiple factors, such as immobility an...

12/11/2019

Implementation of a Medical Device Related Pressure Injury Prevention Bundle: A Multidisciplinary Approach

One in three pressure injuries in hospitalized adult patients are related to medical devices, and medical device related pressure injuries (MDRPIs) are the No. 1 cause of pressure injurie...

12/11/2019