A nurse-led approach to preventing pressure ulcers.
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, Journal Article
Yap, TL; Kennerly, SM
Published in: Rehabilitation nursing : the official journal of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses
May 2011
This article discusses a nurse-led multidisciplinary approach that care providers can use to reduce pressure ulcers (PUs) within their organizations. Given the current understanding of PU etiology and prevention, evidence-based prevention protocols and pressure-relief strategies serve as critical foundational principles that must be applied to significantly influence PU prevalence and incidence. Because nursing plays an important role in rehabilitation facility management, nurses' expertise, leadership, and knowledge make nursing the most appropriate discipline to design protocols, implement innovative solutions, and lead the charge for PU prevention.
Duke Scholars
Published In
Rehabilitation nursing : the official journal of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses
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EISSN
2048-7940
ISSN
0278-4807
Publication Date
May 2011
Volume
36
Issue
3
Start / End Page
106 / 110
Related Subject Headings
- Risk Factors
- Rehabilitation Nursing
- Prevalence
- Pressure Ulcer
- Nursing
- Humans
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- 4205 Nursing
- 4201 Allied health and rehabilitation science
- 1110 Nursing
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Yap, T. L., & Kennerly, S. M. (2011). A nurse-led approach to preventing pressure ulcers. Rehabilitation Nursing : The Official Journal of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses, 36(3), 106–110. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2048-7940.2011.tb00074.x
Yap, Tracey L., and Susan M. Kennerly. “A nurse-led approach to preventing pressure ulcers.” Rehabilitation Nursing : The Official Journal of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses 36, no. 3 (May 2011): 106–10. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2048-7940.2011.tb00074.x.
Yap TL, Kennerly SM. A nurse-led approach to preventing pressure ulcers. Rehabilitation nursing : the official journal of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses. 2011 May;36(3):106–10.
Yap, Tracey L., and Susan M. Kennerly. “A nurse-led approach to preventing pressure ulcers.” Rehabilitation Nursing : The Official Journal of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses, vol. 36, no. 3, May 2011, pp. 106–10. Epmc, doi:10.1002/j.2048-7940.2011.tb00074.x.
Yap TL, Kennerly SM. A nurse-led approach to preventing pressure ulcers. Rehabilitation nursing : the official journal of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses. 2011 May;36(3):106–110.
Published In
Rehabilitation nursing : the official journal of the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses
DOI
EISSN
2048-7940
ISSN
0278-4807
Publication Date
May 2011
Volume
36
Issue
3
Start / End Page
106 / 110
Related Subject Headings
- Risk Factors
- Rehabilitation Nursing
- Prevalence
- Pressure Ulcer
- Nursing
- Humans
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- 4205 Nursing
- 4201 Allied health and rehabilitation science
- 1110 Nursing