Essentials of Pressure Ulcer Prevention

Essentials of pressure ulcer prevention
This session discusses how to identify and manage some of the risk factors which can cause pressure ulceration.

The session is appropriate for any health and care practitioner who provides care in any setting. If you have a role providing direct care to people then it is important you have the knowledge and skills to prevent pressure ulceration.

Learning objectives
The learning objectives and content of the session have been developed for Level 4 study and by the end of the session you should be able to:

• identify risk factors associated with impaired skin integrity including: disease, surface, mobility, incontinence and nutrition
• describe reasons why these factors contribute to risk
• refer to appropriate members of the interprofessional team when required throughout the patient journey
• identify appropriate interventions to reduce and manage risk of pressure ulcer development
• implement appropriate prevention and management strategies