title: Audit of pressure area care and documentation.
abstract: Intensive care patients are at particular risk of pressure damage. Documentation does not always fully reflect practice. Pressure sore identification remains a subjective issue. Nurses do not always complete patient documentation.
authors.affiliation: General Intensive Therapy Unit, Northern General Hospital NHS Trust, Sheffield.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cockbill-Black
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bond
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bersée-Mills
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Warren
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hammerton
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Found
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Daley
mesh_terms: D015984:Causality; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards*; D004739:England; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009731:Nursing Audit; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009737:Nursing Records / Q000592:standards*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control; D015995:Prevalence; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration