Pressure ulcers is an issue that every nurse must know in depth, since we are the main responsible for prevention and treatment. Pressure ulcers is a problem that requires time, and is quite common among hospitalized elders, specially those who remain in bed.
Most pressure ulcers are preventable, so it is important to create education and prevention strategies that complete the different levels of care, always based on the best available scientific evidence. All patients must be assessed by scales of assessment of risk in order to initiate preventive measures as soon as possible.
On the basis of the best measure against pressure ulcers is prevention, which is the work of nursing, also note the lack of unified criteria to plan the cures between differents proffesionals.Some studies have explored the knowledgehe from nursing staff on the recommendations relating to prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers. The results found gaps in knowledge and related deficiencies in its application. In my opinion, and as well as it reflects the study, preventive measures are more standardized than the healing.
In terms of prevention, this figure highlights the points where ulcers occur the most, due to pressure:
Bibliography
- Juan Ángel Hernández Ortiz. Gerokomos [revista en Internet]. 2009 sept [10 de abril del 2013]; 20(3). Disponible en: http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?pid=S1134-928X2009000300007&script=sci_arttext
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