Graduation Year
2023
Degree Type
Open Access Capstone
Document Type
Capstone
Degree Name
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Department
Baccalaureate and Graduate Nursing
First Advisor
Dr. Fontane Sands
Department Affiliation
Graduate Nursing
Second Advisor
Dr. Mendy Blair
Department Affiliation
Graduate Nursing
Third Advisor
None
Department Affiliation
Graduate Nursing
Abstract
Abstract
Pressure Injuries (PI) are a major safety concern with a potential for immobility, grief, shame, fluid leakage, feeling of isolation and yet 95% of them are avoidable. Clinical team members are responsible for caring for patients to ensure that those admitted with pressure injuries are improving and not worsening. The cost per day to treat PIs is higher than for prevention. In the United States, 60,000 people die each year because of PI complications. The purpose of this project is to: 1) implement evidence-based PI education 2) increase skin assessment and documentation on the avatar within the electronic medical record, 3) increase documentation compliance of Braden scale documentation in the electronic medical record system, 4) provide the PI staging decision tree to the clinical team, and 5) increase the pressure injury knowledge of the clinical staff members on the ventilator unit located in a long-term care nursing home in New York. The increase in pressure injury knowledge, application of the clinical practice guidelines from the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel, and incorporation of PI staging decision tree shows prevention of worsening of existing pressure injuries.
Keywords: hospital acquired pressure injury, pressure injury knowledge, Braden scale, skin assessment, pressure injury education, NPIAP, AHRQ
Recommended Citation
Dengler, Grace C., "Pressure Injury Education & Staging Decision Tree to Mitigate Pressure Injuries" (2023). Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects. 96.
https://encompass.eku.edu/dnpcapstones/96
IRB Approval Number (if applicable)
5464
