Pressure ulcers: tips for avoiding preventable harm

Pressure ulcers are one of the most common preventable ways by which patients are harmed during their care.

They can be serious and even life-threatening, causing pain and distress to people of all ages and across all care settings.

Nurses have an essential role in preventing pressure ulcers, and often the first action in prevention is to complete a pressure ulcer risk assessment. This can provide a foundation for care planning. Risk assessment and using risk assessment tools are the focus of the latest episode of the Nursing Standard podcast. This episode features tissue viability nurse consultant Julie Tyrer, who has written a continuing professional development (CPD) article headlined Implementing the PURPOSE T pressure ulcer risk assessment tool into clinical practice for RCNi specialist journal Nursing Older People. Talking with RCNi continuing professional development editor Nick Lipley, Ms Tyrer discusses her work at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the latest pressure ulcer recommendations from the National Wound Care Strategy Programme, in particular the advantages and challenges associated with PURPOSE T.

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