Pressure Ulcers

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Pressure Ulcer Prevention

Overview: Pressure Ulcers

• Pressure Ulcers: Overview - MedQIC
• Glossary - CFMC electronic

Essential Components

• Pressure Ulcers: Facility Assessment Checklists - MedQIC
• Pressure Ulcers: Essential Systems for Quality Care - MedQIC
• Process of Care Measures - MedQIC

Monitoring Resident’s with Pressure Ulcers

• CFMC Case Studies

Breakout Session: QMs, QIs, Tracking Quality Improvement, Pressure Ulcer Regulations

• Quality Improvement Worksheets A-L – MedQIC
• Focus – PDSA Roadmap (MS Word file)

Tool Kit

• Prevention Plus Braden Scale
• The Norton Scale
• PUSH Tool
• Pressure Ulcer Record – MedQIC
• Pressure Ulcers: Nursing Home Communication with Physician - MedQIC
• AHRQ Publications Catalog – www.ahcpr.gov
• American Medical Directors Association Clinical Practice Guidelines Order form – www.amda.com
• Pressure Ulcer Card - Positioning
• Pressure Ulcer Card - Classifications
• Pressure Ulcer Card - Staging Guide
• Pressure Ulcer Card - Lookalikes
• How to Take Care of Your Skin Brochure
• Pressure Ulcer Bookmark
•  WOCN Library: Clinical Fact Sheets 
  • Quick Assessment of Leg Ulcers
  • Peripheral Neuropathy
  • Venous Insufficiency (Stasis)

Pressure Ulcer Treatment

Positioning Devices and Support Surfaces

• Positioning Devices and Seating Systems (MS Word file)
• Support Devices (MS Word file)
• Support Surfaces – Hardcopy only, Contact CFMC
• Wheelchair Positioning Strategies (Excel file, compressed into a ZIP file)
• Other Areas to Consider When Assessing Residents with Skin Breakdown (MS Word file)
• Cost Analysis of Proper Positioning (MS Word file)

Nutrition

A 3-part Teleconference Series on Pressure Ulcers with Courtney Lyder, ND

• Session 1, Revisions to F-314 (originally presented May 24, 2005) - Please contact CFMC for access to this presentation- 303-695-3300, ext. 3040
  
• Session 2, Pressure Ulcer Prevention Strategies (originally presented June 28, 2005) - Please contact CFMC for access to this presentation- 303-695-3300, ext. 3040
• Session 3, Pressure Ulcer Management Strategies (originally presented July 26, 2005) - Please contact CFMC for access to this presentation- 303-695-3300, ext. 3040

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What's New, What's Old, and What's Working
Teleconference presented by Dr. Karen Zulkowski, 03/22/07

• Handouts
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Taking the Pressure Off- What You Can Do to Prevent Pressure Ulcers
Teleconference presented by Dr. Joyce Black, 11/13/08

• Handouts
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Pressure Ulcers: Acute Care vs. Nursing Homes Teleconference presented by Karen Zulkowski, 01/15/09

• Handouts
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Now that the Pressure Ulcer Guidelines are Written- What's Next?
Teleconference presented by Dr. Joyce Black, 08/13/09

• Handouts
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• Brindle Foam Sacrum Study Poster

Pressure Ulcer Care: Specific Actions for Improved Prevention and Treatment Teleconference presented by Dr. Barbara Bates-Jensen, 10/15/09

• Handouts
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Management of Pain Related to Pressure Ulcers Teleconference presented by Dr. Jane Mort, 01/14/10

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"And then... I woke up on the other side of the fence... with wounds!"
Presented by Sherrie Dornberger, 02/09/10

• Handouts
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Pressure Ulcer Prevention Activities: Nursing – Driven, Multidisciplinary & Patient – Centered 2005 – 2009, Presented by Cathryn Reimanis, 03/23/10

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