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Pressure Ulcer Pocket Guide

POCKET GUIDE TO PRESSURE ULCERS Author Bios Author's Video Interview Order Form NJHA Pressure Ulcer Collaborative Sample Pages

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Healthy skin. It’s critical for patients – especially the frail and elderly – and it’s a cornerstone of clinicians’ commitment to caring. But in today’s healthcare environment, skin care is much, much more:

IT'S A QUALITY ISSUE, with increasing research evidence that many pressure ulcers are preventable. There is greater government scrutiny and keener public awareness of pressure ulcers.

IT’S A DOCUMENTATION ISSUE, with hospital clinicians now expected to demonstrate in writing when pressure ulcers are “present on admission” and clinical staff in nursing homes and home care required to document skin assessments.

AND IT’S A FISCAL ISSUE, with reimbursement increasingly tied to providers’ performance on the skin care test.

With so much at stake, clinicians and caregivers in all settings need practical information to help them accurately identify and document pressure ulcers. The Pocket Guide to Pressure Ulcers delivers that missing tool. It provides complete descriptions of pressure ulcer stages and other skin conditions, accompanied by reference illustrations. Written for clinical staff at any level in all settings, the guide is a must-have bedside tool to accurately identify and document pressure ulcers.

Individual clinicians may order a single personal copy, or institutions can equip their entire team with this valuable resource at discounted rates. Either way, your patients and your organization will reap the rewards through better patient care, improved quality outcomes, more accurate and consistent documentation and greater efficiency.

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