Learning about turning: report of a mailed survey of nurses' work to reposition patients

Repositioning a pazient every 2 hours remains the gold standard of nursing care to prevent pressure ulcers. Findings from this study showed silent factors are clinical realities that can increase nurses' work to reposition patients. Silent factors also can affect how nurses prioritize their work.
Repositioning patients every 2 hours to prevent pressure ulcers became the gold standard of nursing care in an era when the nation's healthcare system was very different: the 1950s-1980s (Lyder, [...]