title: The nursing process and pressure ulcer prevention: making the connection.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide the wound care practitioner with an understanding of how use of the nursing process enhances pressure ulcer prevention.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  This continuing education activity is intended for physicians and nurses with an interest in skin and wound care.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  After reading this article and taking this test, the reader should be able to: 1. Describe the use of the nursing process for planning, implementing, and evaluating the outcomes of a pressure ulcer prevention program. 2. Explain how to use the Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure Sore Risk to develop "at risk" nursing diagnoses and to guide intervention.
authors.affiliation: St. Joseph Mercy Oakland, Trinity Health, Pontiac, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Morris A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Magnan
authors.forename: JoAnn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maklebust
mesh_terms: D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014945:Wound Healing