Pressure injury prevention for paediatric cardiac surgical patients using a nurse-driven standardized clinical assessment and management plan

• Published in: Cardiology in the young Vol. 28; no. 9; pp. 1151 - 1162
• Main Authors: Kulik, Lindyce A., Connor, Jean A., Graham, Dionne A., Hickey, Patricia A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.09.2018
• Subjects: Adults; Assessments; Children; Clinical medicine; Data processing; Health care policy; Heart; Heart surgery; Hospitals; Injuries; Injury prevention; Intensive care; Management; Medicaid; Medical electronics; Medical equipment; Medical personnel; Morbidity; Mucosa; Nurses; Nursing; Original Article; Ostomy; Pain; Patient safety; Patients; Pediatrics; Pressure; Pressure ulcers; Prevention; Public health; Quality; Quality control; Risk factors; Skin; Surgery; United States > US; pressure injury; standardised care; pressure injury prevention; CHD

The description of pressure injury development is limited in children with CHD. Children who develop pressure injuries experience pain and suffering and are at risk for additional morbidity. The objective of this study was to develop a standardized clinical assessment and management plan to describe...