Nurses’ Role in the Prevention of Pressure Ulcers in Critical Care Patients: A Scoping Review
Ezelobe, Arinze (2024)
2024
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2024122638129
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2024122638129
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Pressure ulcers are a widespread phenomenon that has continuously gulped millions of funding per annum from health sectors across nations. Globally, with an incidence rate of 12-25%, critical care patients remain one of the highest risk groups. This study aims to provide an updated and comprehensive overview of effective nursing approaches and strategies aimed at preventing pressure ulcers in critical care patients and secondarily to improve the knowledge of nurses on effective prevention strategies for pressure ulcers.
This research employed a scoping review of peer-reviewed articles from a range of electronic databases, focusing on those published between 2014 and 2024. Dorothea Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Theory provided the theoretical framework. Analysis of 11 selected studies identified key prevention strategies for pressure ulcers, including early risk and skin assessments, proper nutrition and hydration, routine repositioning of patients, and the preventive application of pressure redistribution materials.
Conclusively, the study shows that prevention of pressure ulcer in critical patients necessitates a multi-dimensional approach that entails early risk assessment and proper selection of medical devices, skin care, proper hydration and nutrition, timely patient repositioning, nursing education, interdisciplinary collaborations with other healthcare professionals and the use of new technologies. These strategies when combined effectively together can significantly reduce the incidence and risk of pressure ulcer among critical care patients.
This research employed a scoping review of peer-reviewed articles from a range of electronic databases, focusing on those published between 2014 and 2024. Dorothea Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Theory provided the theoretical framework. Analysis of 11 selected studies identified key prevention strategies for pressure ulcers, including early risk and skin assessments, proper nutrition and hydration, routine repositioning of patients, and the preventive application of pressure redistribution materials.
Conclusively, the study shows that prevention of pressure ulcer in critical patients necessitates a multi-dimensional approach that entails early risk assessment and proper selection of medical devices, skin care, proper hydration and nutrition, timely patient repositioning, nursing education, interdisciplinary collaborations with other healthcare professionals and the use of new technologies. These strategies when combined effectively together can significantly reduce the incidence and risk of pressure ulcer among critical care patients.