PPT-Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management for Registered Nurses

Glenn Smith Clinical Nurse Specialist Nutrition and Tissue Viability March 2013 An understanding of how pressure ulcers develop and what can be done to prevent and manage them An understanding of the education and support that can be provided to patients to help them manage their own risk of pressure ulcers. With Colleagues To Prevent . Relational Aggression . Cheryl Dellasega, CRNP, PhD. Professor, Penn State University . Author. Founder, Club Ophelia. How Does RA Differ from Bullying and Lateral Violence?. Kelly . Suttle. BSN, RN, CWOCN. Reduce the Pressure, reduce the risk. Excessive Pressure on Tissues. Pressure is the major causative factor for pressure ulcers. These factors determine if the pressure is enough to cause a pressure ulcer:. The Pledge Wall – Pledge Eleven. 11 focus stakeholder groups with direct or indirect influence on patient care, each with stakeholder specific pledges. Commit to Act – Stop the Pressure. www.stopthepressure.com . Linda J. Cowan, PhD, ARNP, FNP-BC, CWS. Research Health Scientist. North Florida / South Georgia Veterans Health System. Gainesville, FL. Clinical Associate Professor, University of Florida College of Nursing. Spring 2014. . Peptic Ulcer Disease. Erosion of a mucous membrane forms an excavation in the stomach, pylorus, duodenum, or esophagus. Associated with infection of . H. pylori. Risk factors include excessive secretion of stomach acid, dietary factors, chronic use of NSAIDs, alcohol, smoking, and familial tendency.. Tissue Viability Team. ABUHB. Brief functions of the skin. What is a pressure ulcer?. Why do they happen?. What we can do to prevent pressure ulcers?. The way forward. Focus of Presentation. Why do Pressure Ulcers matter?. By Dr. Zahoor. 1. Dyspepsia. What is Dyspepsia ?. . Dyspepsia is used to describe number of upper abdominal symptoms such as . . - Heart burn . . - Acidity. . - Pain or discomfort . . - Nausea . Peptic ulcers are the areas of . degeneration. and . Necrosis. of gastrointestinal mucosa exposed to acid-peptic secretions.. The term peptic ulcer describes a condition in which there is a discontinuity in the entire thickness of the gastric or duodenal mucosa that persists in the gastric juice.. Tribute from Bernie Sanders During Nurses Week 2016, National Nurses United RNs received special praise from presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders for their tireless advocacy on behalf of patient Suppurative. keratitis . Dr. S. K. Mittal. Prof. and Head . Dept. Of Ophthalmology. AIIMS, Rishikesh. [MBBS Lecture dated 06-02-2018]. Keratitis-. Inflammation of . cornea. Corneal . ulcer- . Loss of corneal epithelium with inflammation . Stacey Evans-Charles, Nkamba Sende, Mikyung Bailey. Warning: Graphic Content. Session Focus. Aetiology and causes of pressure ulcers (PUs). The impact of pressure ulcers for the patient and the NHS . Penny & Quality For Your Thoughts …. . “Pressure ulcer or Decubitus . ulcer” . . . A pressure ulcer is . a localized . injury to the skin and/or underlying tissue usually over a bony prominence, . A computer-based survey was formulated utilizing 4 images for classification evaluation, as well as an identical set of questions for each image regarding diagnostics, medications, physical therapeutics, and re-check intervals for the ulcer type the respondents classified. An alternative significance threshold of 0.01 was used. Fisher’s exact tests were used to compare classification accuracy of General practitioners and Ophthalmologists. . Content Validated, Evidence Based “Guideline of Venous Ulcer Guidelines”. Using the AAWC Venous Ulcer (VU) Guidelines to Manage Venous Ulcers. 3 Steps to manage a VU patient:. Assess and document patient, skin & VU.