PPT-BRADEN Q SCALE FOR PREDICTING PRESSURE ULCER RISK.

Katie Willetts Braden Q The Braden Q Scale for Predicting Paediatric Pressure Ulcer Risk Braden Q Scale is a widely used valid and reliable paediatricspecific pressure ulcer risk assessment tool. Content Validated, Evidence Based “Guideline of Pressure Ulcer Guidelines”. Using the AAWC Pressure Ulcer (PU) Guidelines to Manage Pressure Ulcers. 3 Steps to manage a PU patient:. Assess and document patient, skin & PU. 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. Content Validated, Evidence Based “Guideline of Pressure Ulcer Guidelines”. Using the AAWC Pressure Ulcer (PU) Guidelines to Manage Pressure Ulcers. 3 Steps to manage a PU patient:. Assess and document patient, skin & PU. Biomedical engineering – Robert Karas & Corina Malone. Mission. Mission: “Our mission is to use our engineering and collaboration skills to develop a product that will help people who are at risk for pressure ulcer formation, reduce the chance of developing an ulcer and be more self sufficient in the process”. The Braden scale . Sarah Warner Senior TVN . Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust .. (Adapted from Lucy . Hosie’s. Presentation ). 2014. RISK ASSESSMENT RECAP. Guide identification of people at risk of pressure ulcer development . Melissa Beer- Tissue viability nurse. Why prevention is so important. Patients safety. Quality of life. Cost implications. Category . 2 – £6,000/ulcer. Category 4 £14,000/ulcer. (Source: Department of Health 2010). To be used in conjunction with Braden Q in HED Self Study Guide for VCH. Key points. : . only significant risk factor is inadequate nutrition so Braden Q 26, standard risk. Nutrition problem will automatically display as a nutrition problem in Nutrition by Nursing section. To be used on conjunction with Braden in HED Self Study Guide for VUH. Key points. : . Moisture Risk Factor documented; Braden score 19, standard risk. Skin Integrity Risk documented and Moisture Control Care initiated . Heart Hospital. CTICU Pressure Ulcer Project Team .  .    . Team Leader . Dr. Alejandro Kohn Tuli . Physician. Dr. Hesham Ahmed. Safety Facilitator. Dr. Poonam Gupta. Quality Management. Ms. Kakoli Roy. ADD Hospital Name. Module 3. Best Practices. Best practices are those care processes—based on literature and expert opinion—that represent the best ways we currently know of preventing pressure injuries in the hospital.. AAWCGuidelineA QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE FOR PRESSURE ULCER PREVENTION AND TREATMENTA Synthesis of Pressure Ulcer GuidelinesContent Validated StandardsEvidence-based ReferencesBySue Girolami RN BSN CWOCNL Total Braden ScoreTotal Braden Q ScoreTotal PURS ScorePUAP Risk Category14 or higher26 or higher0Very LowRisk15-1822-251-2LowAt Risk13-1417-213ModerateRisk10-12164-5HighRisk9 or below6-8Very HighRiskI Assessing Pressure Ulcer Risk and Ensuring Appropriate Prevention MeasuresSandy Kingsley RN BSN MSN WCCJuly 7 2014ObjectivesIdentify the 6 subscales comprising the Braden ScoreUnderstand how to comple 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.