Organisational strategies to implement hospital pressure ulcer prevention programmes: findings from a national survey

• DOI: 10.1111/jonm.12416
• Publication Date: 2016-08-04T10:58:58Z
• Authors: Lynn M. Soban; Linda Kim; Anita H. Yuan; Rebecca S. Miltner
• Keywords: Nursing management

Aim To describe the presence and operationalisation of organisational strategies to support implementation pressure ulcer prevention programmes across acute care hospitals in a large, integrated health-care system. Background Comprehensive include nursing interventions such as use risk assessment tool policies performance monitoring embed these into routine care. The current literature provides little detail about used implement programmes. Methods Data were collected by an e-mail survey all chief officers Veterans Health Administration hospitals. Descriptive bivariate statistics summarise responses evaluate relationships between some variables. Results Organisational that programme (policy, committee, staff education, wound specialists, data) reported at high levels. Considerable variations noted how operationalised within individual Conclusion preventive are often not optimally achieve consistent, sustainable performance. Implications for management results present study highlight role influence nurse leaders on program implementation.