title: Perioperative nurses' knowledge of indicators for pressure ulcer development in the surgical patient population.
abstract: Despite focused attention to improve the quality and safety of patient care, and the financial impact pressure ulcers (PUs) can have on a health care provider or institution, evidence supports that PUs continue to occur in other patient populations during admission to the hospital. An example of a patient population in which evidence indicates that the development of PUs occurs, is patients who have a surgical procedure. The article discusses a project designed to identify potential knowledge deficits among perioperative nurses of indicators for PU development in the surgical patient population.
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. Electronic address: buffy.lupear@vanderbilt.edu.
authors.forename: Susan Krauser
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Lupear
authors.affiliation: Center for Clinical Simulation, Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia, Madison, TN, USA; Vanderbilt School of Nursing, Nashville, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Overstreet
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt School of Nursing, Nashville, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Krau
mesh_terms: D017281:Cost of Illness; D006801:Humans; D009740:Nursing Staff; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000191:economics / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D014481:United States
keywords: Nursing; Perioperative nursing; Pressure ulcers; Technology in surgery; Ulcer measurement scale