Module 2: When Pressure Persists: Prevention of Pressure Ulcers for Those at Risk
Module 2 addresses:
- What pressure ulcers are and what happens to tissues when ulcers develop;
- The causes of skin injury, including pressure, friction/shear, moisture, and
suspected deep tissue injury (DTI); - Specific risk factors for pressure ulcers;
- The specific contributions of various team members in prevention of pressure
ulcers; - Specific preventive measures such as how to care for and inspect the skin,
reduce pressure in bed and wheelchair, and maintain nutrition; - Staging of pressure wounds including unstageable wounds and suspected DTI;
- Issues related to defining unavoidable pressure ulcers.
When Pressure Persists: Prevention of Pressure Ulcers for Those at Risk
Written by:
Barbara Levine, PhD, CRNP
Gerontological Nurse Consultant
Reviewed and revised in Summer 2011 by:
Ingrid Sidorov, MSN, RN
Gerontological Nursing Consultant
Pressure ulcers are a serious and costly condition. The cost of treatment is about $2000-$40,000 per pressure ulcer depending on the stage of development. (1)Additional costs of hospitalization, survey penalties, potential litigation, pain and suffering, and marred public image are inestimable! Prevention of pressure ulcers is a clinical imperative. Nurses and CNAs provide the first line of defense in pressure ulcer prevention. This module is intended to assist you, the staff development educator and instructor, in assuring the knowledge and skill of direct care staff to meet these responsibilities.
The teaching materials for this module include a PowerPoint presentation that contains notes for the speaker. These notes provide additional information so that the speaker can ellaborate on each concept presented within the PowerPoint.
If you would like to create handouts from the PowerPoint file for your attendees and do not know how, please visit the following link:
How to Create Handouts for Attendees from PowerPoint
If you would like to create a printout of the slides that also contains the notes for the instructor, please visit the following link:
How to Create Notes Pages for Presenters in PowerPoint
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Teaching Materials
Generic module files:
Module-specific files:
Module 2: Pressure Ulcers - Introduction
Module 2: Pressure Ulcers - Key Concepts
Module 2: Pressure Ulcers - Learning Objectives
Module 2: Pressure Ulcers - Instructor's PowerPoint Slides with Speaker's Notes
Module 2: Pressure Ulcers - Pre-Test and Answer Key
Module 2: Pressure Ulcers - Post-Test and Answer Key
Module 2: Pressure Ulcers - Participant Evaluation
Module 2: Pressure Ulcers - References List