Risk evaluation and systematic nursing management of pressure ulcers in hospitalized children
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2016.34.003
- VernacularTitle:住院儿童压疮风险评估与系统性管理
- Author:
Lingling ZHANG
;
Shuangzi LI
;
Liping WU
- Keywords:
Child;
Pressure ulcer;
Risk evaluation;
Nursing management
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2016;32(34):2648-2651
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study the effects of combinatory application of pressure-ulcer risk evaluation and nursing management system. Methods 65 483 children discharged during the whole year 2014 as control group used conventional pressure ulcer prevention and management, while 67 391 children discharged during the whole year 2015 as osbervation group used risk assessment and systematic management based on the control group. Braden-Q scale was recruited to evaluate the pressure-ulcer risk of inpatients. Compared between the observation and the control groups were the two key data:the high-risk prediction of pressure ulcer and the incidence of pressure-ulcer. Results While 56 of 544 high-risk children in the control group developed ulcer with an occurrence of 10.3%;only 30 of 747 such children in the observation group developed with an occurrence of 4.0%, and none died for complications. Significant difference existed between the two groups (χ2=3.629, P<0.05). Conclusions Introduction of pressure-ulcer risk evaluation tools and nursing management system, while providing risk evaluation of pressure ulcers, offers guarantee to timely reports, efficient care and treatment of the high-risk children, thus decreasing the occurrence of pressure ulcer.
