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Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers
Jillien Meligan
NURS4030:001 Adult Health Nursing II
University of Toledo, College of Nursing
June 1st, 2016

Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to educate readers on guidelines to prevent hospital-acquired pressure ulcers and how these guidelines are not being implemented. Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers are overall preventable if the right interventions are used. If they are present, these ulcers can be a result of several factors. One being the nurse’s lack of acting upon prevention strategies for patients and lack of making these interventions a priority. However there are several factors to help prevent these hospital-acquired ulcers, such as using prophylactic dressing, continuously assessing the patient, and helping the patient with range of motion. Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers can lead to other complications for the patient. The patient should not …show more content…
I will always be constantly assessing my patients and their skin integrity and other factors relating to pressure ulcers. I will also encourage my coworkers to do the same and make sure that I express the importance of the prevention of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers to all other employees, such as nursing assistants. Lastly, I will even educate the family in regards to preventing the ulcers once the patient returns home and signs that a pressure ulcer may be occurring.

References
Byrne, J. (2016). PROPHYLACTIC SACRAL DRESSING FOR PRESSURE ULCER PREVENTION IN HIGH-RISK PATIENTS. American Journal Of Critical Care, 25(3), 228-234 7p. doi:10.4037/ajcc2016979
Jones, D. (2013). Pressure ulcer prevention in the community setting. Nursing Standard, 28(3), 47-55 9p. doi:10.7748/ns2013.09.28.3.47.e7660
Waugh, S. M. (2014). Attitudes of Nurses Toward Pressure Ulcer Prevention: A Literature Review. MEDSURG Nursing, 23(5), 350-357

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