Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers Case Study

Specific measures of this problem will start with education (Haixia, Guohong, Cuirong, &Changping, 2016). Staff members are required to complete education for the Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers (HAPU) and present certification to their managers. Along with modules completed, wound care will be added to the competency fair. By providing more education, the goal is that nurses will be able to properly identify wounds, the importance of treatment, and the importance of the patients and the best care possible. Next, the importance of the patients will be stressed to the staff members. As we have learned in this leadership class, there are three ways to influence people; logical, formal, and emotional (Institute for Healthcare Improvement, 2016). This patient who had the pressure ulcer without proper treatment was a real person in the hospital system (the importance is to get nurses to see it as an actual problem). This would be a good example to share
As stated above, education is believed to be a huge barrier in the excellence of wound care. To begin the interventions of addressing the problem, a survey would be sent out to the staff members to address their current knowledge of wounds and the protocols associated. The survey could contain the following matching questions; what is the purpose of the Braden score, what Braden score corresponds with a low and moderate risk for developing a pressure ulcer, do you have to notify the provider of a pressure ulcer, how many pieces of linen/chucks can be on an air mattress, what is the purpose of off-loading, how often are you supposed to turn patients, what is the purpose of barrier creams, etc. Following these questions could be pictures with descriptions to match; epithelialization, eschar, excoriation, denuded, partial and full thickness, non- and granulating tissues, maceration, slough, non- and blanchable skin