Patients needing hospital admission can often spend many hours waiting in the emergency department for an inpatient bed to become available. Yet despite the fact that a significant number of these patients are at high risk of developing pressure ulcers, few EDs have prevention protocols in place.
Over the last year IHLM has, therefore, supported nursing leaders in the emergency department at Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden – which has one of the largest EDs in Europe – who have tried out four simple but effective nurse-led changes that can significantly reduce the incidence of pressure ulcers when integrated into ED workflow:
We’re pleased to report that these changes led to both measurable improvements in pressure ulcer prevention and increased staff engagement.
Would you like to discover more? Our recommendations have recently been published in a peer-reviewed article in the journal Emergency Nurse. It’s an open access article so just click here to download your free copy.
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