Increasing Competence in Pressure Injury Prevention Using Competency-Based Education in Adult Intensive Care Unit. Issue 4 (October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Aquino, Carla; Owen, Amanda; Predicce, Ashley; Poe, Stephanie; Kozachik, Sharon
• Is Part Of: Journal of nursing care quality. Volume 34:Issue 4(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-10
• Subjects: competency-based education -- intensive care unit -- nursing care -- pressure injury prevention -- quality improvement; Nursing -- Standards -- Periodicals; Nursing audit -- Periodicals; Health facilities -- Safety measures -- Periodicals; Nurse administrators -- Periodicals; 610.73
• DOI: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000388
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1057-3631

Abstract

Abstract : Background: There is a significant focus on pressure injury prevention to promote better patient outcomes and control health care cost. Local Problem: In 2016, the institution's pressure injury quarterly prevalence survey showed that two-thirds of the patients surveyed who developed unit-acquired pressure injury stage 2 and greater were in the adult intensive care units. Methods: The quality improvement project used a pre- and postintervention design. Interventions: The adult medical intensive care unit (MICU) executed a competency-based education project to increase staff implementation of pressure injury prevention. Results: Following initiation of competency-based education, staff documentation of pressure injury prevention implementation increased, and unit-acquired pressure injury stage 2 and greater rates were reduced. Conclusions: The use of a competency-based education program may be effective in increasing pressure injury prevention in the intensive care unit. Abstract : Supplemental Digital Content is Available in the Text.