TY - JOUR
T1 - Preventing skin breakdown
T2 - Nursing practices, costs, and outcomes
AU - Bostrom, Janet
AU - Mechanic, Jody
AU - Lazar, Nicole
AU - Michelson, Sheryl
AU - Grant, Lynne
AU - Nomura, Lucy
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - The aims of this study were to identify patients at risk for skin breakdown, to describe nursing interventions associated with the prevention of skin breakdown, and to analyze the cost of supplies used to prevent skin breakdown. An evaluation of nursing interventions used at three hospitals revealed that nurses used a variety of strategies for preventing skin breakdown. However, greater expenditures on prevention strategies did not improve outcomes and overuse of some items increased the incidence of skin breakdown. Protocol-based preventive nursing interventions are necessary to provide a cost-effective approach to the maintenance of skin integrity.
AB - The aims of this study were to identify patients at risk for skin breakdown, to describe nursing interventions associated with the prevention of skin breakdown, and to analyze the cost of supplies used to prevent skin breakdown. An evaluation of nursing interventions used at three hospitals revealed that nurses used a variety of strategies for preventing skin breakdown. However, greater expenditures on prevention strategies did not improve outcomes and overuse of some items increased the incidence of skin breakdown. Protocol-based preventive nursing interventions are necessary to provide a cost-effective approach to the maintenance of skin integrity.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0897-1897(96)80057-7
DO - 10.1016/S0897-1897(96)80057-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 8961575
AN - SCOPUS:0030276897
SN - 0897-1897
VL - 9
SP - 184
EP - 188
JO - Applied Nursing Research
JF - Applied Nursing Research
IS - 4
ER -