Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers remain a challenge for the acute health settings. Pressure ulcers diminish quality life for patients, and they should not be something acquired during a hospital stay. Evidence based tools and guidelines are action plans that were initiated and implemented during these studies. From these two studies, risk factors and strategies used for prevention were examined. Pressure ulcer plans have been implemented in health care settings and showed decreased patient outcome and reduced hospital cost significantly. The multidisciplinary approach and involving the entire hospital staff to identify and improve patient care can be overall difficult, but will lead to a more successful outcome. The problem is that understaffed
