title: Improving wound and pressure area care in a nursing home.
abstract: Wound and pressure ulcer prevention are key quality indicators of nursing care. This article describes a collaborative project between a community skin care service and a nursing home. The aim of the project was to establish whether the implementation of a wound and pressure ulcer management competency framework within a nursing home would improve patient outcomes and reduce the severity and number of wounds and pressure ulcers. Following the project's implementation, there was a reduction in the number of wounds and pressure ulcers, hospital admissions and district nursing visits. Nursing home staff also reported an increase in their knowledge and skills.
authors.affiliation: Skin Care Service, Nursing Development Team, Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust, Liverpool. kate.sprakes@liverpoolpct.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sprakes
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tyrer
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009731:Nursing Audit; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017592:Skin Care / Q000451:nursing / Q000592:standards; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing*