Question

pressure injury

identify three collaborative priority interventions (what you need to coordinate with other departments for care of the patient with pressure injury)

Answer 1

Three collaberative priority interventions for pressure injury:

Prevention of pressure injuries is by a multidisciplinary approach which include :

• Nurses
• Physical therapist
• Nutritionist or dietician

Nurses :

• They do risk assessment of the patient by assessing their skin daily.
• Provide skin care by keeping them clean and applying moisturizers if necessary
• They help in repositioning of patient every 2 hrs to prevent pressure injuries.
• They make use of dynamic support devices and transfer aids.
• They do daily wound dressings if necessary.
• They diapers frequently in incontinent patients.

Nutritionist:

• Proper diet and hydration are vital for preventing pressure injuries.
• There is increased need for energy , vitamins A,C and E , proteins and zinc .
• They also need aminoacids like glutamine and arginine.
• Proper diet should be planned by the dietician according to the comorbidities or chronic illness of the patient and he should make sure that the patient is following it strictly.

Physical therapist :

• Physical therapists gives good training to the care givers and family members regarding the measures to be taken to prevent pressure ulcers like repositioning , transfer of patient and type of beds and surfaces to be used.
• They give good wound care and can do simple wound debridements(removal of dead tissue).
• They also educate the patient with sttengthening exercises which prevent formation of pressure ulcers.