title: A nurse-led interdisciplinary leadership approach targeting pressure ulcer prevention in long-term care.
abstract: Mounting evidence suggests that the quality of outcomes in long-term care can be improved by strengthening the leadership behaviors of nurses. Consequently, a reduction in the prevalence and incidence of pressure ulcers (PUs) is thought to be possible through a nurse-led, team-based approach. The purposes of this article were to (1) advocate for greater nurse-led interdisciplinary teamwork focusing on PU prevention and (2) describe how a transformational and practice-based framework can be used to guide the long-term care team to improve PU quality care outcomes. Application of nurse-led, team-conceptualized strategies enables interdisciplinary workers to partner and more effectively participate in PU prevention programs, thus deepening engagement in the organization's overall approach to achieving quality outcomes.
authors: School of Nursing, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. susan.kennerly@uncc.edu
authors: Susan M
authors: SM
authors: Kennerly
authors: Tracey
authors: T
authors: Yap
authors: Elaine
authors: E
authors: Miller
mesh_terms: D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007857:Leadership; D008875:Middle Aged; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009735:Nursing Homes; D010348:Patient Care Team; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses'; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000517:prevention & control*