The main tasks to be accomplished during the course of this project are to:

• review successful approaches to preventing pressure ulcers (PrUs) in hospitals, including both clinical and managerial factors;
• participate as part of a workgroup to develop and test tools to improve PrU prevention practices in hospitals;
• develop a quality improvement manual for hospitals that provides a step-by-step approach for hospitals using these new tools to prevent pressure ulcers;
• to participate as part of a multidisciplinary team in piloting a quality improvement (QI) project that uses the newly-developed tools to help refine the quality improvement manual.

Investigators

Catherine Dingley, RN FNP PhD
Principal Investigator

Sheri L. Eisert, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator

Walter L. Biffl, MD
Investigator

Cynthia Salisbury, RN
Investigator