My research poster focuses on risk assessment tool for pressure injury prevention in critical care. I chose this topic cause I work in an ICU and deal with skin break down from medical devices. My hospital uses the Braden Scale and has their own “skin bundle”, however I feel that it isn’t tailored enough to ICU patients.
I really enjoyed your poster and you did a really good job in providing good information. I’ve learned that pressure ulcer prevalence in the United States ICU ranges from 16.6% to 20.7% (AM J Crit.Care,2015). Its several costly complications of bedrest such as patients in the ICU. These patients are concerned higher at risk for pressure ulcers due to immobility and ventilator-dependency and several other characteristics that limit their mobility. Modification of the Braden Scale has been suggested for ICU-specific risk assessment due to the reliability and validity providing nurses with adequate information to treat these patients and improve their over all outcome. (AM J Crit.Care,2015).
References: Hyun, S., Li, X., Vermillion, B., Newton, C., Fall, M., Kaewprag, P., Moffatt-Bruce, S., & Lenz, E. R. (2014). Body mass index and pressure ulcers: improved predictability of pressure ulcers in intensive care patients. American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, 23(6), 494–501. https://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2014535
Great poster! I agree with you that nurses should assess more frequently the patients who are at high risk and also the ones who are considered at low risk. In my facility, we have been using the Braden Scale during an assessment and it is very effective when used together with other interventions.