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- Title
Part 1: Do risk assessments prevent pressure ulcers?
- Authors
Brown, Annemarie
- Abstract
This article, the first in a series on pressure ulcer prevention and management, looks at undertaking risk assessment as the first step in preventing pressure damage. It discusses the most popular tools in clinical practice, as well as how reliable they are in predicting patient risk. Legal aspects of pressure ulcer risk assessment documentation are also explored, together with future developments in producing a risk assessment tool which can be used across all clinical settings in primary and secondary care.
- Subjects
RESEARCH; PRESSURE ulcers; RISK assessment; DOCUMENTATION; PRIMARY health care; SECONDARY care (Medicine); BEDSORE risk factors; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Journal of Community Nursing, 2023, Vol 37, Issue 2, p24
- ISSN
2059-5417
- Publication type
Article