title: Presenting a draft pressure ulcer scale to monitor healing.
abstract: The PUSH Tool, a scientifically derived and validated tool for measuring and monitoring pressure ulcer healing, has been introduced. Input has been received from a multidisciplinary audience of participants in a collegial atmosphere conducive to the exchange of ideas. The audience represented many different care settings and included clinicians, educators, researchers, and policy makers. Steps have begun to refine the characteristics and utility of the PUSH Tool. The PUSH Task Force will continue a validation and development process that will include participation from the wound care community.
authors.affiliation: Sussman Physical Therapy, Inc., Torrance, Calif., USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sussman
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000145:classification / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014945:Wound Healing