juliem

Yes, it helps- thanks for the input!!Julie

The facility that I work in has excellent assesment/monitoring practices for determining geriatric patients at high risk for skin breakdown (Braden Scale, weekly skin care team rounds, etc...). Support devices are implemented as needed, preventive measures are conveyed in the care plan including "turn patient q 2h" however there is no documentation that this is being done. Stage 1 pressure areas occur too often in my opinion and I acknowledge that every member of the unit nursing staff is responsible. Does anyone out there hang turning/repo. charts in patient rooms so that any nurse/nurse aide can quickly determine the need for a position change (even if it's not their patient)? and has this, in addition to a sound preventive assesment protocol, made a difference?