One of the outcomes of advancing medical technology is that people are living longer. As life is extended, the complex issue of managing persons with chronic diseases becomes increasingly important. The increased number of persons with chronic wounds such as pressure ulcers is already being realized. The health-care burden of managing these chronic wounds can only be lessened if effective prevention programs are aggressively implemented and evidence-based management protocols are developed and followed.
The information contained in this book provides the critical elements for developing effective, evidence-based protocols for the prevention and management of pressure ulcers. What this book cannot provide is the commitment required to create an environment where the development of a pressure ulcer on a person is unacceptable. Protocol development is only one component of a comprehensive program for prevention and management of pressure ulcers. Everyone involved in patient care from administration to bedside provider has to make the commitment that pressure ulcers will not occur in their facility. This book is a tremendous resource, but it needs to be used effectively.
In the United States, the government sponsored the development of evidence-based guidelines on prevention and management of pressure ulcers. These guidelines became available in the early nineties. Since their publication, the prevalence of pressure ulcers in the United States has not changed at the national level. However, in those facilities that chose to use the guidelines to develop and implement new protocols for prevention and management of pressure ulcers, the incidence of pressure ulcers was reduced to zero or to a very low level.
The information in this book can be used to prevent new pressure ulcers from developing, and rapidly healing those that have unfortunately already developed.
Everyone who reads this book makes the personal commitment to prevent pressure ulcers from occurring and to optimize the management of those that occurred at a different facility.
Contents
1 Pressure Ulcer, the Scale of the Problem
2 Pressure Ulcer Patients’ Quality of Life from a Nurse’s Perspective
3 Recent Advances in Pressure Ulcer Research
4 Etiology and Risk Factors
5 Pressure Ulcer Classification
6 Risk Assessment Scales for Predicting the Risk of Developing Pressure Ulcers
7 Equipment Selection
8 Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Repositioning
9 Skin Care
10 Pressure Ulcers and Nutrition: A New European Guideline
11 Clinical and Instrumental Assessment of Pressure Ulcers
12 Pressure Ulcers and Wound Bed Preparation
13 Conservative Management of Pressure Ulcers
14 Surgical Management of Pressure Ulcers
15 Debridement of Pressure Ulcers
16 The Role of Bacteria in Pressure Ulcers
17 Litigation
18 The Development, Dissemination, and Use of Pressure Ulcer Guidelines
19 Developing a Research Agenda
20 The European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel: A Means of Identifying and Dealing with a Major Health Problem with a European Initiative
21 Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management in the Developing World: The Developed World Must Provide Leadership
22 Innovation in Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management
Index
The information contained in this book provides the critical elements for developing effective, evidence-based protocols for the prevention and management of pressure ulcers. What this book cannot provide is the commitment required to create an environment where the development of a pressure ulcer on a person is unacceptable. Protocol development is only one component of a comprehensive program for prevention and management of pressure ulcers. Everyone involved in patient care from administration to bedside provider has to make the commitment that pressure ulcers will not occur in their facility. This book is a tremendous resource, but it needs to be used effectively.
In the United States, the government sponsored the development of evidence-based guidelines on prevention and management of pressure ulcers. These guidelines became available in the early nineties. Since their publication, the prevalence of pressure ulcers in the United States has not changed at the national level. However, in those facilities that chose to use the guidelines to develop and implement new protocols for prevention and management of pressure ulcers, the incidence of pressure ulcers was reduced to zero or to a very low level.
The information in this book can be used to prevent new pressure ulcers from developing, and rapidly healing those that have unfortunately already developed.
Everyone who reads this book makes the personal commitment to prevent pressure ulcers from occurring and to optimize the management of those that occurred at a different facility.
Contents
1 Pressure Ulcer, the Scale of the Problem
2 Pressure Ulcer Patients’ Quality of Life from a Nurse’s Perspective
3 Recent Advances in Pressure Ulcer Research
4 Etiology and Risk Factors
5 Pressure Ulcer Classification
6 Risk Assessment Scales for Predicting the Risk of Developing Pressure Ulcers
7 Equipment Selection
8 Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Repositioning
9 Skin Care
10 Pressure Ulcers and Nutrition: A New European Guideline
11 Clinical and Instrumental Assessment of Pressure Ulcers
12 Pressure Ulcers and Wound Bed Preparation
13 Conservative Management of Pressure Ulcers
14 Surgical Management of Pressure Ulcers
15 Debridement of Pressure Ulcers
16 The Role of Bacteria in Pressure Ulcers
17 Litigation
18 The Development, Dissemination, and Use of Pressure Ulcer Guidelines
19 Developing a Research Agenda
20 The European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel: A Means of Identifying and Dealing with a Major Health Problem with a European Initiative
21 Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management in the Developing World: The Developed World Must Provide Leadership
22 Innovation in Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management
Index
Book Details
- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: Springer; 1st edition (December 19, 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1852338393
- ISBN-13: 978-1852338398
- Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.6 inches