title: Using an algorithm as an aid to improve seating for older people.
abstract: Older people recovering from an illness or operation can spend long periods sitting in a chair. Because they may be frail and have reduced mobility their vulnerability to pressure damage may be increased. Staff in one trust undertook an audit of nurse knowledge and practice in finding suitable seating for such patients and developed an algorithm as a teaching aid.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Brighton.
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hawkey
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Marsh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D001510:Bed Rest / Q000451:nursing*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods; D006804:Ergonomics / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009731:Nursing Audit; D015402:Nursing Education Research / Q000379:methods; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology*; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control; D013664:Teaching Materials