Everybody Move: An Educational Quality Improvement Project for Prevention of Pressure Ulcers in Long-Term Care

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Keeshes Ragland Kearney (Creator)

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The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )

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Advisor

Kathryn Lawrence

Abstract: Background: An educational quality improvement (QI) project for a Retirement Community. In 2019, the pressure ulcer (PUs) prevalence rate was above the national and state average at the facility. A QI project on pressure ulcers prevention was conducted for the nursing staff involved in direct patient care. Aim: To determine if an educational PowerPoint presentation on PU’s for LTC nursing staff increased knowledge level and decreased facility’s patient PUs rates. Methods: A PowerPoint presentation was formulated on prevention of PU’s. A 4-week assessment before and after the presentation of staff’s knowledge and the resident’s pressure ulcer rate was completed. The Piper’s Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test was used to test the staff’s knowledge level pre and post presentation. Data analysis of pre-and post-test responses was completed for comparison to determine whether staff education increased knowledge and affected pressure ulcer rate in residents. Results: The staff’s knowledge level pre and post presentation data revealed a (63%) increase in the test scores. After the educational intervention, the weekly PU rates for residents revealed a statistically significant reduction by p-value = 1.9. Since the initiation of the QI project, the DNP project site national and state percentage rates reported to be lower at 1.7%.Recommendations and Conclusion: The QI project successfully improved the knowledge levels in nursing staff providing direct patient care with reductions in PUs. More study is needed to investigate other factors relating to pressure ulcer incidence.

Everybody Move: An Educational Quality Improvement Project for Prevention of Pressure Ulcers in Long-Term Care
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Language: English

Date: 2023

Keywords

PUs prevalence and treatment outcome, Pressure Injury, Skilled case mix, LTC, staff models

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