Prevention
A popular breakfast item or the overlay placed on a mattress to prevent skin breakdown.
What is a Waffle?
You place a consult for this nurse when there is noticeable skin breakdown.
Who is the wound care nurse?
Skin assessment is completed by this many nurses.
What is 2?
This is placed on a patient's coccyx to help prevent skin breakdown.
What is an Allevyn?
You place a consult for this service when a patient is at risk for or has a pressure injury to assure their dietary needs are met.
What is nutrition?
Skin assessment is required on admission, shift change, and this.
What is change in level of care?
When Allevyn is placed, this is written on it to show it is placed for prevention.
What is a P?
You must notify this person for any changes in skin integrity and to obtain wound care orders.
Who is the physician?
Aside from the head to toe assessment, this risk assessment must also be completed.
What is Braden?
These are used to prevent heel breakdown.
What are the heel protector boots?
These types of pressure injuries that occur during a patient's hospitalization have to be reported to the state.
What is stage 3 and 4?
Skin assessment is documented in this area of Epic.
What is Flowsheets?
This is the Braden score that prompts the need to put prevention interventions in place.
What is 18 or less?
This is what we call a pressure injury that a patient is admitted with.
What is a community acquired pressure injury?
Skin breakdown or wounds are documented by entering this.
What is an LDA?