Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers

Proning The ICU Patient

May 7, 2020

Proning the ICU patient isn’t for the faint of heart, it takes planning, communication, collaboration and coordination and an OR nurse. It takes a team of 6-8 depending on the size of the patient to safely transfer that patient into the prone position. The key word in...

Perioperative Nutritional Optimization to Prevent Pressure Injuries

Mar 26, 2025

More than 50% of older surgical patients are thought to have malnutrition that is associated with increased postoperative complications, prolonged length of hospitalization and increased health care cost.The surgical patient is at a nutrition and fluid disadvantage...