A CHECKLIST FOR INTENSIVE CARE NURSES IN THE PREVENTION OF PRESSURE ULCERS IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS

Abstract

The study is designed to develop a pressure ulcer prevention checklist to decrease the incidence of pressure ulcers for patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). The expected outcome of this project is to reduce pressure ulcers in the critical care unit by implementing best practice guidelines in wound care. A review of literature was focused on pressure ulcer, pressure ulcer prevention and guidelines for preventing pressure ulcer in the ICU. A checklist was developed to be used by ICU nurses and reviewed by three experts for content validity. The results were collected and analyzed. The researcher hopes that this will increase the importance of pressure ulcer prevention.