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Justification of Action Plan for Preventing Pressure Injury

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Justification of Action Plan for Preventing Pressure Injury

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1Justification of Action Plan for Preventing Pressure Injury at Marian HospitalName:Facilitator:Course:Date:
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3Rationale for Action Plan for avoiding Pressure Injury at Marian HospitalPressure injuries (PI) have both financial and health implications. PI lead to escalated hospitalization costs, patient deaths and influence the rapid spread of infections in clinics (Holm, Mesch, & Ove, 2007, p.77). Healthcare users and the public doubt the quality of the nursing care offered in the health center due to the persistent occurrence of PIs. PI occurrences can be prevented and significantly reduced in the hospital through the implementation of evidence-based practices, evidence-based product choice and by educating the clinicians (Roe, & Williams, 2014, pp.61-65). Prevention of PIs has received much attention and become the focus of many healthcare facilities even at Marian hospital. This sudden shift of focus to prevention of PIs can be attributed to increased litigation, an imposition of penalties by the government, and the effect of the occurrence of PIs on the reportable hospital performance grading (National Center for Health Statistics (US) and National Center for Health Services Research, 2002). Knowledge deficits on prevention of PIs exist among nurses (Rafiei et al., 2014, pp.135-142), it is for this reason that this paper will focus on educating the nurses about the preventive measure of PI at Marian hospital. A strategic plan will be used to identify the various steps, actions, and resources to use in the prevention of the PIs.It is mandatory that all patients should undergo a careful skin check and the data recorded. During this physical examination, a complete skin assessment is necessary to not only ascertain those already with skin ulcers but also those at risk of developing PI after admission. Mostly the Braden scale is used for complete skin checkup evaluating the severity of factors suchas skin sensory, moisture, activeness of the patient, mobility, nutrition and friction and shear in predisposing the patient to PI development (Braden, & Maklebust, 2005, pp.70-72). According to Braden scale after getting the total of the factors above except friction and shear, a patient
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