Why: Pressure ulcers are serious problems that occur frequently in hospitalized, community-dwelling and nursing home older adults, accounting for 3-11% in acute facilities, and 24% in long-term ...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released a draft report (pdf) on pressure ulcer risk assessment and prevention. The report, “Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment and Prevention: A ...

The Greater New York Hospital Association, a trade association comprising hospitals in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Rhode Island, offers a free organizational assessment of a pressure ulcer ...

Risk assessment is the first step in pressure ulcer prevention to identify patients most at risk, plan and implement interventions, and ensure resources are used appropriately. A risk assessment ...

October 7, 2008 — Editor's note: Presentations regarding pressure ulcers at the National Conference of Gerontological Nurse Practitioners (NCGNP), held from September 25 to 27 in St. Louis, Missouri, ...

When analyzing the relationship between soft-tissue injury and support surfaces for pressure ulcer treatment and prevention, caregivers must realize support surfaces deliver unwanted gradient pressure ...

Regularly inspecting patientsâ skin for abnormalities is a key step in pressure ulcer prevention. A skin module forms part of a new core curriculum for pressure ulcer education to enable nurses and ...

One of many dreaded tags from a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Survey is F-Tag 314 — Pressure ulcers. CMS writes, “Each resident must receive and the facility must provide the necessary care and ...

Pressure ulcers progress through several stages. In the early stages, they may barely break the skin. In later stages, they can involve deep wounds and carry a higher risk of complications, like ...

A free self-assessment of programs to prevent pressure ulcers is available from the Greater New York Hospital Association, a trade association comprising hospitals in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut ...