Application of continuous improvement measures in pressure ulcer management in hospital
10.3760/j.issn.1674-2907.2014.11.004
- VernacularTitle:持续质量改进在医院压疮管理中的应用
- Author:
Jianqin YAO
1
;
Dingyu SHEN
;
Weiyan NI
;
Jing HAN
;
Yan ZHANG
Author Information
1. 215001 南京医科大学附属苏州医院肿瘤科
- Keywords:
Continuous improvement measures;
Pressure ulcer;
Management
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2014;20(11):1249-1251
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the application and effects of the continuous improvement measures on pressure ulcer management .Methods Many methods were used such as collecting and analyzing the data of pressure ulcer status , conducting and applying corresponding improvement measures , optimizing nursing process , and analyzing the effect .Results With the continuous improvement measures , the assessment of hospital-acquired pressure ulcer was increased from 82.6% to 98.0%.The incidence of hospital-acquired pressure ulcer was decreased from 21.93% to 14.58%, and the difference was statistically significant (χ2 =5.44,P<0.05).Conclusions Studying the important factors of pressure ulcer problem , and optimizing nursing process could improve the incidence of hospital-acquired pressure ulcer .