Audit of pressure area care and documentation

Prof Nurse. 1999 Dec;15(3):173-6.

Abstract

Intensive care patients are at particular risk of pressure damage. Documentation does not always fully reflect practice. Pressure sore identification remains a subjective issue. Nurses do not always complete patient documentation.

MeSH terms

  • Causality
  • Critical Care / methods
  • Critical Care / standards*
  • Documentation / standards*
  • England
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Nursing Audit*
  • Nursing Evaluation Research
  • Nursing Records / standards*
  • Nursing Staff, Hospital / education
  • Nursing Staff, Hospital / psychology
  • Pressure Ulcer / etiology
  • Pressure Ulcer / nursing*
  • Pressure Ulcer / prevention & control
  • Prevalence
  • Total Quality Management / organization & administration