Pressure ulcer prevention at the teaching hospital in Plzen

Czech version

Authors: Mgr. Nina Müllerová ¹; Bc. Ivana Witová ²
Authors‘ workplace: Centrum řízení kvality FN Plzeň ¹; 2. interní klinika FN Plzeň ²
Published in: Geriatrie a Gerontologie 2014, 3, č. 3: 133-134
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Motto: Každá lidská činnost se nakonec musí nějak projevit v číslech. Tomáš Baťa

Overview

This paper is focused on introducing the activities related to the global challenge of the day stop pressure ulcers, proclaimed by the European Advisory Pressure Ulcers Advisory Panel (EPUAP), points established a system to monitor the prevalence and incidence of pressure ulcers form as one of the indicators of quality of nursing care, nursing education and other opportunities to draw attention to the problem of pressure ulcers, and engaging the media.

Keywords:
STOP Pressure Ulcers – prevention – EPUAP – quality indicator – layout

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Geriatrics General practitioner for adults Orthopaedic prosthetics

Surgical treatement of pressure ulcers

The possibilities for providing follow-up care for patients with pressure ulcers after being released from hospital

Institutionalised management of wound treatment in connection with nurses‘ competences – according to Patricia Benner‘s theory

Consumption increase of psychogeriatric care in Czech Republic

Chronic wounds‘ prevention in elderly people

Monitoring pressure ulcers on national level – prevalence monitoring of occurrence and risk of pressure ulcers

Positioning – an essential part of therapy and everyday care for a patient

Article was published in

Geriatrics and Gerontology

2014 Issue 3