Temple University Hospital's interdisciplinary Dermal Defense Team stopped Stage 3 and 4 pressure injuries acquired after admission at their organization to improve patient care and outcomes.
'What I heard from a lot of nurses is that it's very difficult to maintain a group for meetings when nurses are being called out of that meeting or they're not being properly covered on the floor when they're in that meeting. They tend to worry, [about their patients], and they don't focus on the meeting that they're attending,' says Meghan Dunleavy, BSN, RN, a nurse in the surgical ICU at Temple University Hospital.
It takes a village to prevent pressure injuries. Nurses at Temple University Hospital recognized this. Through the work of their Dermal Defense Team, the interdisciplinary group managed to bring the number of stage 3 and stage 4 pressure injuries acquired post-admission down to zero. Read how their teamwork achieved this goal.
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Knock Pressure Injury Rates Down to Zero: 5 Ways | Temple University Hospital's interdisciplinary Dermal Defense Team stopped Stage 3 and 4 pressure injuries acquired after admission at their organization to improve patient care and outcomes. |
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Jennifer Thew, RN Senior Editor, Nursing | |
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