Pressure ulcer is huge concern for health care industry as pressure ulcer distresses health of the patient, upsurges stay that further escalates cost for patient. Hospitals do not get reimbursement from Medicare and Medicaid. “Estimates of pressure ulcer prevalence range from 0.4 to 38 percent in acute care hospitals, 2 to 24 percent in long-term nursing facilities, and 0 to 17 percent in home care settings and prevalence of facility-acquired pressure ulcers was 6 percent in 2008 and 5 percent in 2009 (AHRQ, 2014, p.1)”. Pressure ulcers continue an immense delinquent at acute care facilities and long-term care facilities as well. The prevention of pressure ulcer requires an effective and trustworthy tool which can assist the healthcare team to assess the pressure ulcer as their assertiveness plays a significant part in preventing the pressure ulcer.
As mentioned in implementation plan, the proposed solution will coach nursing staff and CNAs to timely assess pressure ulcer and placing stress on self-care. The main purpose the paper is to discourse the ways to assess the efficiency of the proposed plan that is proposed to prevent the occurrence of pressure ulcer. …show more content…
The methods are contributed to assess the effectiveness of the program from projected team, nursing staff and leaders. The strategic question was established to acquire active involvement from wound specialists and nurses. The data obtained from various sources appraised for precise confirmation. The appraised data displayed in a poster at the hospital. The data also exhibited on the website so that staff can review and provide feedback. Then the projected team and wound care specialists revised the plan and finalized the plan before initiating the prevention of pressure ulcer project. The following methods used to evaluate the