| Pressure Ulcer Prevention Program: A Journey. | |
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PMID: 21860330 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' regulations regarding nonpayment for hospital-acquired conditions such as pressure ulcers have prompted a marked increase in focus on preventive care. Our hospital also used this change in payment policy as an opportunity to strengthen our pressure ulcer prevention practices. We used an 8-spoke prevention wheel to develop and implement practice changes that reduced pressure ulcer incidence from 7.3% to 1.3% in 3 years. Because it is about the journey, we will describe the mechanisms we designed and implemented, and identify strategies that worked or did not work as we promulgated a quality improvement process for pressure ulcer prevention in our large urban hospital center. |
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Barbara Delmore; Sarah Lebovits; Philip Baldock; Barbara Suggs; Elizabeth A Ayello |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-8-19 |
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Title: Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society / WOCN Volume: - ISSN: 1528-3976 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Aug |
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Created Date: 2011-8-23 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9435679 Medline TA: J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Barbara Delmore, PhD, RN, CWCN, AAPWCA, Clinical Nurse Specialist, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York. Sarah Lebovits, MSN, RN, ANP-BC, CWOCN, DAPWCA, Nurse Practitioner, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York. Philip Baldock, RN, Perioperative Nursing Quality Specialist, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York. Barbara Suggs, BSN, RN, Senior Nurse Clinician, Critical Care Center, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York. Elizabeth A. Ayello, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CWON, MAPWCA, FAAN, Faculty, Excelsior College School of Nursing, Albany New York, and Senior Advisor, The John A. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing, New York University College of Nursing, New York. |
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