Comprehensive programs for preventing pressure ulcers: A review of the literature

Advances in Skin and Wound Care

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 167-188

  Niederhauser, Andrea ^a   Van Deusen Lukas, Carol ^a,b,c   Parker, Victoria ^a   Ayello, Elizabeth A ^d,e,f   Zulkowski, Karen ^g   Berlowitz, Dan ^a,h  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Organization   (United States)

^c Management Research and Veterans Health Administration   (United States)

^d Excelsior College of Nursing   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Advances in Skin Wound Care   (United States)

^g MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Multidisciplinary interventions to prevent pressure ulcers; Preventing pressure ulcers; Reducing incidence of pressure ulcers

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DECUBITUS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LONG-TERM CARE; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRESSURE ULCER; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84860312773     PISSN: 15277941     EISSN: 15388654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ASW.0000413598.97566.d7     Document Type: Review

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