1. Reducing pressure damage: care bundles and collaborative learning.
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Evans, Alison M, Barklam, Dwynwen, Hone, Karen, Ellis, Gemma, and Whitlock, Joy
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PRESSURE ulcers , *ACRONYMS , *CHILDREN'S hospitals , *PHILOSOPHY of education , *INTENSIVE care nursing , *INTERPROFESSIONAL relations , *INTERVIEWING , *LEARNING strategies , *CASE studies , *NURSES' attitudes , *PATIENT safety , *QUALITY assurance , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *SKIN care , *MIDWIFERY , *DEPARTMENTS , *HUMAN services programs , *PREVENTION - Abstract
Reduction of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers is a patient and nursing priority. Although evidence-based interventions to prevent such ulcers are well known, reducing this healthcare burden has proven consistently difficult. Via case studies, this article describes how a bundle approach to pressure ulcer prevention may be adapted for use within different clinical areas. It illustrates how collaborative learning may facilitate the spread of improvement work across a health board and build improvement skills within nursing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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