Treatise
Risk evaluation and systematic nursing management of pressure ulcers in hospitalized children
Lingling Zhang, Shuangzi Li, Liping Wu
Published 2016-12-01
Cite as Chin J Prac Nurs, 2016, 32(34): 2648-2651. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2016.34.003
Abstract
ObjectiveTo study the effects of combinatory application of pressure-ulcer risk evaluation and nursing management system.
Methods65 483 children discharged during the whole year 2014 as control group used conventional pressure ulcer prevention and management, while 67 391 children discharged during the whole year 2015 as osbervation group used risk assessment and systematic management based on the control group. Braden-Q scale was recruited to evaluate the pressure-ulcer risk of inpatients. Compared between the observation and the control groups were the two key data: the high-risk prediction of pressure ulcer and the incidence of pressure-ulcer.
ResultsWhile 56 of 544 high-risk children in the control group developed ulcer with an occurrence of 10.3%; only 30 of 747 such children in the observation group developed with an occurrence of 4.0% , and none died for complications. Significant difference existed between the two groups (χ2= 3.629, P < 0.05).
ConclusionsIntroduction of pressure-ulcer risk evaluation tools and nursing management system, while providing risk evaluation of pressure ulcers, offers guarantee to timely reports, efficient care and treatment of the high-risk children, thus decreasing the occurrence of pressure ulcer.
Key words:
Child; Pressure ulcer; Risk evaluation; Nursing management
Contributor Information
Lingling Zhang
Shuangzi Li
Liping Wu
Nursing Department of Children′s Hospital, Chongqing University of Medical Science, Chongqing 400014, China