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. 2024 Nov 1;124(11):38-48.
doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0001081732.13209.9b. Epub 2024 Oct 24.

Implementing a Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury Prevention Bundle in Critical Care

Robin R Jackson  1 , Donna Thomas, Kimberly Winter, Julia Gordon, Patricia M Green, Sarah Lemaster, Jenny R Fox, Dejon M Wright, Amanda P Bettencourt, Maureen Kirkpatrick McLaughlin, Kathleen Russell-Babin
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Implementing a Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury Prevention Bundle in Critical Care

Robin R Jackson et al. Am J Nurs. .

Abstract

The emerging field of implementation science (IS) facilitates the sustainment of evidence-based practice in clinical care. This article, the third in a series on applying IS, describes how a nurse-led team at a multisite health system used IS concepts, methods, and tools to implement a hospital-acquired pressure injury (HAPI) prevention bundle on six critical care units, with the aim of decreasing HAPI incidence.

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