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4. Is your staff on board?
Preventing pressure injuries — adopting best practices, conducting
patient assessments, properly using padding and positioning equip-
ment — depends a lot on nursing judgment. That's why it is essential
for perioperative nurs-
es to understand their
roles, and the impor-
tance of their roles, in
patients' skin care.
There should be com-
munication between
both ends of the patient
experience, pre-op and
PACU. For high-risk
patients, it may even be
valuable to conduct
post-op skin assess-
ments. If the dis-
charged patient later
complains of a skin or
nerve injury that is
traced back to surgical
positioning, it doesn't
reflect well on PACU if
they never had an
inkling of trouble.
Educate your sur-
geons and staff on the
basics of pressure
injury prevention, and
P A T I E N T S A F E T Y
REDUCE THE RISK OF INFECTION.
IMPROVE TURNOVER TIME.
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