Disciplines
Other Nursing
Abstract (300 words maximum)
Pressure injuries are one of the most major challenges confronted in hospitals today – which can compromise a patient’s well-being, extend a patient's hospital admission, and can potentially contribute to disability or mortality. The prevention of pressure injuries is significant in delivering high-quality healthcare to patients; however, the prevention plan for pressure injury applications has been suboptimal as it causes a delay in medication delivery for nurses. The forms of care that are often used by healthcare professionals to improve HAPIs (hospital-acquired pressure injuries) are pressure preventative bundles – which are a set of evidence-based practices that are implemented reliably to improve patient outcomes - and routine pressure injury care. Information concerning pressure injury prevention practice is imperative to execute. Therefore, this study aims to determine whether pressure preventative bundles compared to routine-based pressure injury care reduce the incidences of pressure injuries in patients eighteen and older in medical-surgical units. This project will be executed through the observation of patients on a medical-surgical unit with pressure injuries. Those patients will be divided into two groups with one group being cared for with routine nursing and the other group watched for with supplemental attention with preventative care bundles for two to three weeks. The results will be analyzed in terms of pressure injury grade, self-care effectiveness, management of pressure injuries, the patient’s awareness level, and well-being.
Academic department under which the project should be listed
Wellstar School of Nursing
Primary Investigator (PI) Name
Christie Emerson & Karen Fegely
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Pressure Injury Bundles vs Routine Pressure Injury Care, Which Will Reduce More Pressure?
Pressure injuries are one of the most major challenges confronted in hospitals today – which can compromise a patient’s well-being, extend a patient's hospital admission, and can potentially contribute to disability or mortality. The prevention of pressure injuries is significant in delivering high-quality healthcare to patients; however, the prevention plan for pressure injury applications has been suboptimal as it causes a delay in medication delivery for nurses. The forms of care that are often used by healthcare professionals to improve HAPIs (hospital-acquired pressure injuries) are pressure preventative bundles – which are a set of evidence-based practices that are implemented reliably to improve patient outcomes - and routine pressure injury care. Information concerning pressure injury prevention practice is imperative to execute. Therefore, this study aims to determine whether pressure preventative bundles compared to routine-based pressure injury care reduce the incidences of pressure injuries in patients eighteen and older in medical-surgical units. This project will be executed through the observation of patients on a medical-surgical unit with pressure injuries. Those patients will be divided into two groups with one group being cared for with routine nursing and the other group watched for with supplemental attention with preventative care bundles for two to three weeks. The results will be analyzed in terms of pressure injury grade, self-care effectiveness, management of pressure injuries, the patient’s awareness level, and well-being.