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The Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure Ulcer Risk, is a tool that was developed in 1987 by Barbara Braden and Nancy Bergstrom. [1] The purpose of the scale is to help health professionals, especially nurses, assess a patient's risk of developing a pressure ulcer .
Whittington and Briones reported nationwide rates of pressure injuries in hospitals of 6% to 8%. [6] By the early 2010s, one study showed the rate of pressure injury had dropped to about 4.5% across the Medicare population following the introduction of the International Guideline for pressure injury prevention. [7]
The CoTCCC was originally established by the United States Special Operations Command in 2002 before moving to the Naval Medical Education & Training Command in 2004. The CoTCCC was moved again in 2007 as a standing subcommittee of the Defense Health Board (DHB). In 2012, the CoTCCC was once again moved to the domain of the JTS.
The development of evidence-based recommendations for specific medical conditions, termed clinical practice guidelines or "best practices", has accelerated in the past few years. In the United States, over 1,700 guidelines (see example image, right) have been developed as a resource for physicians to apply to specific patient presentations. [ 103 ]
The Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) was initiated in 2008 by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma. Its aim is to provide risk-adjusted data for the purpose of reducing variability in adult trauma outcomes and offering best practice guidelines to improve trauma care.
Direct pressure is the common method. The pressure on the wound constricts the blood vessels manually, helping to stem blood flow. When applying pressure, the type and direction of the wound may have an effect, for instance, a cut lengthways on the hand would be opened up by closing the hand into a fist, whilst a cut across the hand would be ...
An electronic forum, NGC-L for exchanging information on clinical practice guidelines, their development, implementation and use An Annotated Bibliography database where users can search for citations for publications and resources about guidelines, including guideline development and methodology, structure, evaluation, and implementation.
Nursing is a health care profession that "integrates the art and science of caring and focuses on the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and human functioning; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing; and alleviation of suffering through compassionate presence". [1]