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Review
. 2019 Mar;54(1):127-140.
doi: 10.1016/j.cnur.2018.10.005.

Reducing Pressure Injuries in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Kristin A Cummins  1 , Richard Watters  2 , Treasa 'Susie' Leming-Lee  3
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Reducing Pressure Injuries in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Kristin A Cummins et al. Nurs Clin North Am. 2019 Mar.

Abstract

This quality improvement project used the Model for Improvement including the Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle of change framework to educate pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) nurses on risk factors for pediatric pressure injuries and prevention strategies, improve turning compliance for PICU patients, and implement an electronic trigger to order nutrition consultations on all patients with a Braden Q score less than 16. The quality improvement project decreased preventable patient harm to PICU patients by decreasing the pressure injury incidence rate from 8% to 3% in the 6-week time period.

Keywords: Pediatrics; Pressure injuries; Pressure ulcers; Skin integrity; Wounds.

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