Pressure ulcers: were they there on admission?

Am J Nurs. 2008 Nov;108(11):27-8. doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000339151.78738.d8.

Authors

Lia van Rijswijk¹, Courtney Lyder

Affiliation

¹ La Salle University School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Philadelphia, USA. vanrijsw@lasalle.edu

PMID: 18946259
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000339151.78738.d8

Abstract

New Medicare payment rules are forcing hospitals to institute new assessment protocols.

MeSH terms

Documentation / methods*
Emergency Nursing*
Humans
Medicare / economics*
Pressure Ulcer / economics
Pressure Ulcer / etiology*
Pressure Ulcer / pathology
United States