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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Bedsores"”.
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No Pressure!: Designing Mobile Interventions to Improve Pressure Relief Adherence for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury through Diary Studies
… otherwise known as decubitus ulcers or ‘bedsores’, affect an estimated 1 to 3 million people in the United States each year (Mondragon and Zito). Individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) are a particularly vulnerable group to pressure injuries due to the reduced mobility of their …
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Non-Contact Sleep Monitoring
… and also for the detection of development of bedsores. This work extends the capacity of this sensor. Speci�cally, the novel contri- butions contained within this thesis focus on an in-depth review of the state-of-the-art advances in sleep monitoring, and the development and validation of …
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The Development and Initial Validity / Reliability Testing of the Glamorgan Paediatric Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment Scale
Although pressure ulcers appear to occur infrequently in children, they can have serious consequences such as infection, scarring and changes to body image. This thesis is an account of the development of an instrument to help nurses to identify children most at risk of pressure ulcers, and take …
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Controlling the pressure : an investigation of knowledge, locus of control, and value of pressure sore prevention in relation to prevalence
This is a quantitative and correlational analysis of how staff perceptions of locus of control of pressure sore prevention relate to knowledge and prevalence rates of pressure sores. Reference is made to value of pressure sore prevention. The survey population consisted of nursing and assistant …
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The clinical nurse specialist in the community hospital : impact on hospital-acquired pressure injuries
Problem: Hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) are a significant challenge, leading to adverse outcomes such as pain, infections, and prolonged hospital stays. Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) play a key role in preventing these injuries by promoting and carrying out evidence-based practices. …
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The impact of nurses’ values on the prevention of pressure ulcers : a Straussian grounded theory study
This is a Straussian grounded theory study about the impact of nurses’ values on pressure ulcer prevention. Semi-structured interviews were used to gather data from participants (n=16) who were recruited from the non-acute adult medical wards of 14 hospitals in one NHS Trust and a local university. …
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Implementation of a care bundle model for pressure injury prevention, a DNP project
Background: A small suburban hospital in the southern United States has seen an increase in hospital-acquired pressure injuries over the past two fiscal years. Care bundles are evidence-based interventions used in healthcare to standardize preventative measures and improve patient outcomes. The …