Lupear SK, Overstreet M, Krau SD. Perioperative nurses' knowledge of indicators for pressure ulcer development in the surgical patient population.
Nurs Clin North Am 2015;
50:411-35. [PMID:
25999080 DOI:
10.1016/j.cnur.2015.03.006]
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Abstract
Despite focused attention to improve the quality and safety of patient care, and the financial impact pressure ulcers (PUs) can have on a health care provider or institution, evidence supports that PUs continue to occur in other patient populations during admission to the hospital. An example of a patient population in which evidence indicates that the development of PUs occurs, is patients who have a surgical procedure. The article discusses a project designed to identify potential knowledge deficits among perioperative nurses of indicators for PU development in the surgical patient population.
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