Need Help organizing a pressure injury committee!

[Nursemarkrn]

Hello all,

I am the wound care nurse for a skilled nursing facility. I was asked to head-up a committee focused on skin integrity (prevention of pressure injury, etc.) I was wondering if anyone in the forums have implemented or served on a similar committee or entity with the goal of reducing pressure injury in your facility. And, if so, what were your experiences, how effective were you, what were your goals, etc.

[XB9S, BSN, MSN, EdD, RN, APN]

We have done loads of work in reducing pressure damage using a quality improvement methodology and increasing scrutiny of every incidence of damage. We have a panel including a senior nurse, medic, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, and members of the nursing team responsible for providing the care. We look at documentation, appropriately implemented plan of care to determine if the damage is avoidable this is then followed up with an action plan and education.

We have reduced our damage from over 30 incidence in the first year to just 4 this year for the whole hospital (three years on) we focused on changing culture and reinforcing that we were causing harm to our patients.