Assessing Available Pressure Injury Predictor Tools in the Peri-Operative Setting

Pressure injuries (PI) have been observed in patients across the peri-operative setting, particularly among patients undergoing prolonged surgical procedures. Yet the majority of instrumentation developed to assess risk for pressure injury has been developed in the acute, intensive, or long-term care settings. As part of a quality improvement initiative at a comprehensive cancer center, validated PI prediction tools were applied retrospectively to patients who experienced a PI post-operatively.
Source: Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: ASPAN National Conference Abstract Source Type: research