Literature Review
Introduction
Critically ill and elderly patients are very vulnerable to pressure ulcer in our nursing home today. The aim of this review is to sum up various studies that targets the techniques through evidence based practice, prediction of pressure ulcers and their risk factors, and how to improve the health of patient that has developed pressure ulcers and educational knowledge for the professionals caring for these group of patients. These studies involve Qualitative and quantitative research approach.
Pressure Ulcer is associated with high mortality, morbidity and high health care costs. In addition, it also causes pain, suffering, infection, a lower quality of life, extended hospital stay and even death in severe cases. In reviewing the “Improving wound and pressure area care in a nursing home” Sprakes, K., & Tyrer, J. (2010) demonstrated the authors worked with the nursing home supervisor to recognize four key staff medical attendants who might be upheld through the competency-based system. Two hypothetical instructional courses were conveyed by the authors and included one day on wound evaluation and one day on pressure ulcer anticipation and administration Sprakes, K., & Tyrer, J. (2010). The study also clarified that …show more content…
The review revealed that the application of turn-team program can be initiated in any hospital or nursing home settings and it does not require the use of technology or specialized training that will contributes to high cost of hospitalization (Hobby B, 2004). The particular parts of staff preparing included early acknowledgment of the indications of skin breakdown and its documentation, contamination control methods, and minimizing the impacts connected with loss of gut or bladder
Introduction
Critically ill and elderly patients are very vulnerable to pressure ulcer in our nursing home today. The aim of this review is to sum up various studies that targets the techniques through evidence based practice, prediction of pressure ulcers and their risk factors, and how to improve the health of patient that has developed pressure ulcers and educational knowledge for the professionals caring for these group of patients. These studies involve Qualitative and quantitative research approach.
Pressure Ulcer is associated with high mortality, morbidity and high health care costs. In addition, it also causes pain, suffering, infection, a lower quality of life, extended hospital stay and even death in severe cases. In reviewing the “Improving wound and pressure area care in a nursing home” Sprakes, K., & Tyrer, J. (2010) demonstrated the authors worked with the nursing home supervisor to recognize four key staff medical attendants who might be upheld through the competency-based system. Two hypothetical instructional courses were conveyed by the authors and included one day on wound evaluation and one day on pressure ulcer anticipation and administration Sprakes, K., & Tyrer, J. (2010). The study also clarified that …show more content…
The review revealed that the application of turn-team program can be initiated in any hospital or nursing home settings and it does not require the use of technology or specialized training that will contributes to high cost of hospitalization (Hobby B, 2004). The particular parts of staff preparing included early acknowledgment of the indications of skin breakdown and its documentation, contamination control methods, and minimizing the impacts connected with loss of gut or bladder