Morris Clare, Pritchard Barbara
North East Wales NHS Trust, Wrexham.
Br J Nurs. 2007;16(20):S34-7.
Nurses working in the field of tissue viability constantly strive to improve pressure ulcer prevention and management in their clinical areas, knowing that pressure ulcers cause pain and suffering to patients while costing the NHS millions of pounds to treat. The aim of this initiative was for the tissue viability team to develop an audit tool based on recently devised performance indicators. The purpose of the audit was to provide the mechanism for reviewing the quality of everyday care. The tool utilizes the 'traffic light' system to categorize the results. The initiative has improved clinical outcomes for patients and increased the awareness, education, knowledge and confidence of nurses in pressure ulcer prevention and management across a combined primary and secondary care Trust.
从事组织活力领域工作的护士们不断努力，以改善其临床区域内压疮的预防和管理工作，因为他们深知压疮会给患者带来痛苦，同时英国国家医疗服务体系（NHS）要花费数百万英镑用于治疗。该倡议的目的是让组织活力团队基于最近制定的绩效指标开发一种审计工具。审计的目的是提供审查日常护理质量的机制。该工具利用“交通信号灯”系统对结果进行分类。这项倡议改善了患者的临床结局，并提高了初级和二级医疗联合信托机构中护士对压疮预防和管理的意识、教育水平、知识和信心。
