Best Practice Statement - Prevention and management of pressure
ulcers
About this best practice statement
This document provides information, guidance and examples you
need to develop best achievable practice in the prevention and
management of pressure ulcers.
Use this Tool well
- Remember the key aim is pressure ulcer prevention
- Look at the key points at the top of each section of the Best
Practice Statement – these are the things to remember
- Get to know your patient/client as this will help you make a
more accurate assessment of risk
- Use your clinical judgment
The information, guidance and examples you need to develop best
achievable practice in the prevention and management of pressure
ulcers.
Key uses of the best practice statement
- a basis for developing and improving care
- an educational tool for students at pre and post registration
level and to stimulate learning amongst teams.
- helps promote effective interdisciplinary team working
- helps determine whether a quality service is being
provided
- stimulates ideas and priorities for nursing research
- stimulates ideas and priorities for continuous
improvement.
Best practice statements address an area of care where there is
variation in practice across Scotland since there is a limited
amount of robust evidence available. They attempt to incorporate
professional consensus in the absence of a rigourous evidence
base.
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Published Date: 31 March 2009
