Increasing Competence in Pressure Injury Prevention Using Competency-Based Education in Adult Intensive Care Unit

Autor: Ashley Predicce, Carla S. Aquino, Sharon Kozachik, Amanda Owen, Stephanie S. Poe
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Nursing Care Quality. 34:312-317
ISSN: 1057-3631
Popis: Background There is a significant focus on pressure injury prevention to promote better patient outcomes and control health care cost. Local problem In 2016, the institution's pressure injury quarterly prevalence survey showed that two-thirds of the patients surveyed who developed unit-acquired pressure injury stage 2 and greater were in the adult intensive care units. Methods The quality improvement project used a pre- and postintervention design. Interventions The adult medical intensive care unit (MICU) executed a competency-based education project to increase staff implementation of pressure injury prevention. Results Following initiation of competency-based education, staff documentation of pressure injury prevention implementation increased, and unit-acquired pressure injury stage 2 and greater rates were reduced. Conclusions The use of a competency-based education program may be effective in increasing pressure injury prevention in the intensive care unit.
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