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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 . 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. DNP Student. MSU Bozeman: College of Nursing. Skin changes at life’s . end: The Kennedy Terminal Ulcer. Objectives. Participants will:. understand the normal skin changes with aging. be . able to describe the pathology and usual presentation of a pressure . 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”. Reducing Device. LTU . Biomedical engineers – . Robert Karas & Corina Malone. UDM Mechanical Engineers– Frank McClosky, Jacob Dodman, & Bobby Lorenz. UDM Nurses – Lydia Jacob, Christina Osterhout, & Victoria . 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). Mrs. Kreisel MSN, RN. NU130 Adult Health 1. Summer 2011. Epidermis. The epidermis is the outer layer of skin. The thickness of the epidermis varies in different types of skin. It is the thinnest on the eyelids at .05 mm and the thickest on the palms and soles at 1.5 mm. . (SCI-PUMT). Gail Powell-Cope PhD, ARNP, FAAN. Acting Director, HSR&D/RR&D Center of Excellence. Tampa, FL. Gail.powell-cope@va.gov. Monitoring . Pressure Ulcer Healing in Persons with Spinal Cord . 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. AAWCGuidelineA QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE FOR PRESSURE ULCER PREVENTION AND TREATMENTA Synthesis of Pressure Ulcer GuidelinesContent Validated StandardsEvidence-based ReferencesBySue Girolami RN BSN CWOCNL 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. 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, .