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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"pressure ulcers"”.
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Early Prevention of Pressure Ulcers in the Emergency Department
<p>Purpose: Pressure ulcers characterize a major health problem in clinical practice, which in turn, can have an impact on quality of life and health care costs (Dugaret, Videau, Faure, Gabinski, Bourdel-Marchasson & Salles, 2012). Pressure ulcers can develop during treatment regardless of the …
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The Use of Chitosan for Treatment of Pressure Ulcers
… rationales for employing chitosan to treat pressure ulcers based on ulcer pathology and wound environments and (2) demonstrated the efficacy of chitosan and bFGF in treating pressure ulcers in an aged mouse model. This body of work presents a potentially beneficial method of treating …
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Pressure Ulcer Risk Factors for Patients with Hospital Versus Community Acquired Pressure Ulcers
Purpose: Pressure ulcers are a major health problem in the United States. Patients who develop pressure ulcers have longer hospital stays, significant increase in morbidity and mortality, added pain and suffering. The purpose of this study was to examine community versus hospital specific pressure …
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Description of Medical-Surgical Nurses Care of Patients at Risk for Pressure Ulcers
Aim: The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore and describe the level of understanding of PU development and prevention and perceptions of implementing PU prevention measures in nurses caring for patients in medical-surgical units. Method: The study was conducted in three (3) community …
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Risk Factors Associated with Pressure Ulcers Among Older Adults in the Emergency Department
… expand or continue their programs lor preventing pressure ulcers (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 2008). As part ol this effort, this study will review care processes for pressure ulcer assessment and prevention to adopt changes in care on admission at the Marin General Hospital.</p> …
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Estimating the financial implications of pressure ulcers in private hospitals in South Africa
… of services delivered in the healthcare sector. Pressure ulcers are an example of an adverse outcome of a hospital case and indicate poor quality of care. The financial implications of this event therefore represent an estimate of the cost of poor quality of care. The objective of this research …
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The investigation of early classification of pressure ulcers using computer image analysis for early prognostic assessment
Pressure sore prevention is becoming a very important issue due to the cost of nursing time, quality assurance and possible litigation. Recent government reports Essence of Care (2001) and National Institute for Clinical Excellence Pressure ulcer risk assessment and prevention (2001) focus on …
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The impact of nurses’ values on the prevention of pressure ulcers : a Straussian grounded theory study
… 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. The participants were asked to …
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Exploring preventive interventions and risk factors of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers: A retrospective matched case-control design.
… regarding the best interventions to prevent pressure ulcers and the best factors that can serve as predictors for ulceration. The aim of this study was to explore effective interventions and associated risk factors in the area of pressure ulcer. A retrospective approach was used to explore …
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Reducing the Incidence of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers by Enhancing the Role of Unit-Based Skin Champions
<p>Reducing the Incidence of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers by Enhancing the Role of Unit-Based Skin Champions</p> <p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p>Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcer continues to be an alarming issue in today’s healthcare systems. Often preventable, it is a significant nursing …
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Improving Outcomes by Improving Practice: Evidence-Based Assessment, Prevention and Documentation of Pressure Ulcers In the ICU.
<p>Pressure ulcers are defined areas of cellular death that are produced when tissue is deprived of adequate blood flow and oxygen by the compression of tissue between a supporting surface and places where bone is close to the skin. When pressure exerted by the weight of an individual against a …
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Association Between Nurse Staffing Indicators, Patient Falls, and Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers in the Acute Care Setting
… adequacy, patient falls, and hospital acquired pressure ulcers.</p> <p><strong>Design:</strong> A non-experimental, descriptive, correlational design using secondary data was used.</p> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> The study took place at a large metropolitan hospital located within the southeast …
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Evaluation of Tissue Health and Interventions for the Prevention of Pressure Ulcers in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury
… muscle, leading to increased risk of developing pressure ulcers (PU). Even so, some persons with SCI are more susceptible to PUs. The thesis presents several measurements of tissue health to better understand individual differences.The gluteus maximus muscle of persons with SCI in the current …
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HORMONE EPIMERS REGULATE ER STRESS AND CORE REGULATORY GENES: NETWORK ANALYSIS WITH APPLICATIONS TO GLIOMA AND CHRONIC PRESSURE ULCERS
… signaling pathways and core regulators. Chronic pressure ulcers represent a significant health problem and are characterized by hypoxia, bacterial infection, repetitive ischemia/reperfusion and altered cellular and systemic stress responses. Whole genome microarray analysis was utilized in …
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Psychometric evaluation of a new pressure ulcer skin risk assessment scale for the pediatric burn patient
Prevention of pressure ulcers is a primary goal in nursing practice, and achievement implies excellence in clinical care. One component of prevention is to understand the risk for pressure ulcer development. The benefit of knowing risk is to initiate pressure ulcer preventive interventions. …
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Nutritional Status and Clinical Outcomes of Residents Admitted to a Nursing Home
… and adverse clinical outcomes of weight loss and pressure ulcers. Results The sample (n=69) was predominately Caucasian (90%) with 38% having one or more pressure ulcers on admission. Most of the residents were admitted from an acute care facility (97%) and were either malnourished or at risk for …
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Reduce the incidence of Pressure Ulcer in the Rehabilitation unit
<p>Reduce the Incidence of Pressure Ulcer in the Rehabilitation Unit</p> <p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p>Pressure ulcers have been a concern for the population in the healthcare setting. The purpose of this evidence-based practice was to determine if the implementation of pressure ulcer …
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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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The Impact of Practice Environment and Nursing Workload on Patient Outcomes among Non-Magnet Hospitals in Saudi Arabia
… including patient satisfaction, patient falls, pressure ulcers, and in-hospital mortality.</p> <p>Design. A cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational design was utilized with self-administered questionnaires and secondary data analysis.</p> <p>Method. A convenient sample of 355 full-time …
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A collective case study to critically evaluate the educational preparation of registered nurses in Higher Education institutions in relation to pressure ulcer assessment and identification, specifically focusing on skin tone diversity
… these ideologies translate into clinical care. Pressure ulcer prevention is a routine aspect of nursing care; yet there is evidence of inequity in relation to patient assessment and clinical care, with a higher prevalence of pressure ulcers in people with dark skin tones. Despite limited …
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