{{ (moduleVm.actions && moduleVm.changeStatus) ? moduleVm.status : '' }} Reducing Pressure Injuries in the Pediatric Cardiac Care Unit (CCU): A Quality Improvement Project

Activity Steps

1 Activity
2 Take Test 3Certificate

Purpose of Activity

To provide information about the development and use of an evidence-based protocol designed for pressure injury (PI) prevention in neonates and children in a pediatric critical care unit.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. Identify characteristics of and risk factors for hospital acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) and tools for assessing that risk.
  2. Specify interventions to prevent or treat HAPIs and results from a study examining the use of an evidence-based skin care algorithm.

Disclosures

The authors and planners have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

Price: $17.95

Credits:

  • ANCC 1.5 CH
  • DC - BON 1.5 CH
  • KY-BON 1.5 CH
  • GA - BON 1.5 CH

Lippincott Professional Development is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This activity is also provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 11749. Lippincott Professional Development is also an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the District of Columbia Board of Nursing, Florida Board of Nursing, and Georgia Board of Nursing, #50-1223.







Planner
Test Code: JWOCN1118B
Published: Nov/Dec 2018
Expires: 12/31/2026
Sources: Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing
Required Passing Score: 14/19 (73%)
Authors: Chelsea P. Kriesberg (Lange), DNP, PNP-AC, CCRN, CPN; Jeanne Marie Little, DNP; Lynn Mohr, PhD; Kimberly Kato, MS
Categories: Evidence Based Practice , Preventing Hospital Acquired Conditions (HAC) , Skin/Wound Care
Specialties: Pediatric, Quality Improvement
Topics: Pressure Injury , Prevention