Healthy Skin Wins: A Glowing Pressure Ulcer Prevention Program That Can Guide Evidence ‐Based Practice
ConclusionsIncorporating evidence‐based PU prevention into clinical practice greatly reduced the prevalence of PUs among hospital in‐patients. Due to the small sample size for the pre‐test post‐test component, the effectiveness of the online tutorial in improving the knowledge level of PU prevention among hospital staff requires further research.
Linking Evidence to ActionEvidence‐based PU prevention strategies are facilitated by using a multidisciplinary approach. Educational tools about PU prevention must target all members of the healthcare team including healthcare aides, patients and families.
Source: Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Donna Martin, Lisa Albensi, Stephanie Haute, Maria Froese, Mary Montgomery, Mavis Lam, Kendra Gierys, Rob Lajeunesse, Lorna Guse, Nataliya Basova Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
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