Treatment for Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers
In an Acute Care Setting, is turning patients every two hours more effective compared to pressure mattresses in the direction of reducing Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers (HAPUs)?
Your paper for the course project should be a 2-3 page APA paper (not including title page and the reference page) that describes the clinical problem and the following:
- Reason for choosing this topic
- The PICOT question: In an Acute Care Setting, is turning patients every two hours more effective compared to pressure mattresses in the direction of reducing Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers (HAPUs?
- Possible integration of the evidenced that you found in clinical practice
- Methods to evaluate the effectiveness of implementation
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The Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers (HAPUs), also known as bedsore, is an injury to the skin, and it causes complex wounds which require sophisticated skills and knowledge to manage and treat it effectively. These pressure ulcers often affect the patients who have been admitted in the hospital, and they have limited mobility. Patients who are hospitalized find it challenging to change positions in their bed, thus at risk of developing pressure ulcers (Pickham, Ballew Ebong, Shinn, Lough & Mayer, 2016). Although pressure ulcers can be avoided if specific measures are taken. There are preliminary two techniques which can be adopted to prevent pressure ulcers, and they include the use of pressure mattress as well as changing the patient’s position in bed after two hours. Therefore, use of pressure mattress has proven to be more efficient effective in reducing Hospital Acquired …
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