title: Pressure sores: assessing the risk.
abstract: The author describes a project which attempted to tally the patients at risk of pressure sores in a medical admissions ward with the resources available to prevent their occurrence. The project results have given ward nurses vital information with which to approach trust management with requests for better quality mattresses.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harrison
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D001513:Beds; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000451:nursing; D011817:Rabbits; D012307:Risk Factors