RNAO BPG: Pressure injury management: Risk assessment, prevention and treatment, Fourth Edition
The purpose of this guideline is to provide nurses, members of the interprofessional team and other collaborators (i.e., administrators and policy-makers) with evidence-based recommendations for risk assessment, prevention, and treatment of pressure injuries .
This BPG provides evidence-based recommendations for nurses, and the interprofessional team, and persons and their caregivers across all care settings and sectors. The recommendations address the prevention of pressure injuries for at-risk people, and the assessment and management of those living with pressure injuries.
Overall, the scope includes: all domains of nursing practice; all health-care settings and sectors; all populations across the lifespan (e.g., pediatric, adult and older adult), including their caregiver/chosen family and all types of pressure injuries, including those medical device-related.
Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. (2024). Pressure injury management: Risk assessment, prevention and treatment, Fourth Edition. Toronto, ON: Author.
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