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Annotated Bibliography (HAPU)
Purdue University
Annotated Bibliography
Swafford, K., Culpepper, R., & Dunn, C. (2016). Use of a
Comprehensive Program to Reduce the Incidence of Hospital-
Acquired Pressure Ulcers in an Intensive Care Unit. American
This book is instrumental in explaining the cost of pressure
ulcers acquired in the hospitals and how such ulcers can be
prevented in such acute settings of care. It enlightens the reader
on how hospital-acquired pressure-based ulcers are being taken
or considered as preventable. It gives measures through which
HAPU prevention programs can be effective even when it is a
year-long in adults who are in the intensive care unit. As such,
the book is pivotal in explaining how HAPU can be reduced by
50 percent. In addition to this, the book further explains how
people can be sensitized of the ways through which they can
avoid HAPU in risk areas. It also gives some guidelines on how
the staff can also be educated about the same and how they can
be encouraged to be proactive in terms of how they can easily
detect patients at risk. In general, the book will help me explain
how nurses can take care of patients even when Wound and Skin
Care Nurse is out.
Sussman, C., & Bates-Jensen, B. (2006). Wound care.
Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
In this book, the author is giving a number of ways and
programs that are important in ensuring that the incidences of

HAPU are greatly reduced in the intensive care units in
America. It is a practice manual that is meant to help nurses and
other healthcare practitioners to decrease chances of increasing
HAPU as it were. As such, this manual will help me explain the
documentation of patients that are supposed to be attended to in
the stipulated times throughout the day as opposed to the
restricted times that WSCN visits patients. This will further
help me explain how other nurses can participate in helping the
victims of HAPU with or without WSCN.
Bader, D. L. (2005). Pressure ulcer research: Current and future
perspectives. (Springer e-books.) Berlin: Springer.
This research has been done by a number of researchers, who
are trying to shed light on the current situation of pressure ulcer
and give the future perspective of the same. It elaborates on
patients that could be at high risk for contracting pressure
ulcers, with a number of evidences supporting their claims. It
further explains ways in which pressure ulcers can be prevented
as well as its treatment among many other issues that are related
to pressure ulcer that are important for my intended work.
European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel,, National Pressure
Ulcer Advisory Panel (U.S.),, & Pan Pacific Pressure Injury
Alliance,. (2014). Prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers:
Quick reference guide.
This book is key for HAPU research since it gives a summary of
a number of recommendations that are important in ensuring
that pressure ulcer is preventable and treatable. It is more
comprehensive as far as clinical practice guideline in relation to
pressure ulcer, is concerned. It contains a discussion and
analysis that are detailed with evidence from several available
evidences and research. It is a reference guide for professionals
in the healthcare sector that are sometimes very busy, but
require the guide to carry on with their duties that more often

than not are related to HAPU. This reference is important for
my study since it is going to help explain ways to treat and
prevent pressure ulcers through its comprehensive
recommendations on the same.
Joanna Briggs institute. (2016). Pressure area care. Retrieved
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The book is crucial in my work since it particularly deals with
ways through which nurses can take good care of pressure areas.
It gives a number of ways in which nurses can do this. As such,
it is more important in my work because it will help explain
ways in which nurses can take care of pressure ulcers whether
WSCN is present or not.
References
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Mehrnoosh Ejlali
Purdue University
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This book is instrumental in explaining the cost of pressure
ulcers acquired in the hospitals and how such ulcers can be
prevented in such acute settings of care. It enlightens the reader
on how hospital-acquired pressure-based ulcers are being taken
or considered as preventable. It gives measures through which
HAPU prevention programs can be effective even when it is a
year-long in adults who are in the intensive care unit. As such,
the book is pivotal in explaining how HAPU can be reduced by
50 percent. In addition to this, the book further explains how
people can be sensitized of the ways through which they can
avoid HAPU in risk areas. It also gives some guidelines on how
the staff can also be educated about the same and how they can
be encouraged to be proactive in terms of how they can easily
detect patients at risk. In general, the book will help me explain
how nurses can take care of patients even when Wound and Skin
Care Nurse is out.

In this book, the author is giving a number of ways and
programs that are important in ensuring that the incidences of
HAPU are greatly reduced in the intensive care units in
America. It is a practice manual that is meant to help nurses and
other healthcare practitioners to decrease chances of increasing
HAPU as it were. As such, this manual will help me explain the
documentation of patients that are supposed to be attended to in
the stipulated times throughout the day as opposed to the
restricted times that WSCN visits patients. This will further
help me explain how other nurses can participate in helping the
victims of HAPU with or without WSCN.
This research has been done by a number of researchers, who
are trying to shed light on the current situation of pressure ulcer
and give the future perspective of the same. It elaborates on
patients that could be at high risk for contracting pressure
ulcers, with a number of evidences supporting their claims. It
further explains ways in which pressure ulcers can be prevented
as well as its treatment among many other issues that are related
to pressure ulcer that are important for my intended work.
This book is key for HAPU research since it gives a summary of
a number of recommendations that are important in ensuring
that pressure ulcer is preventable and treatable. It is more
comprehensive as far as clinical practice guideline in relation to
pressure ulcer, is concerned. It contains a discussion and
analysis that are detailed with evidence from several available

evidences and research. It is a reference guide for professionals
in the healthcare sector that are sometimes very busy, but
require the guide to carry on with their duties that more often
than not are related to HAPU. This reference is important for
my study since it is going to help explain ways to treat and
prevent pressure ulcers through its comprehensive
recommendations on the same.
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The book is crucial in my work since it particularly deals with
ways through which nurses can take good care of pressure areas.
It gives a number of ways in which nurses can do this. As such,
it is more important in my work because it will help explain
ways in which nurses can take care of pressure ulcers whether
WSCN is present or not.
References
from

Project 1: Hospital-acquired Pressure Ulcer
Our HAPU rates on Unit A have risen significantly over the past
6 months. We have a Wound and Skin Care Nurse (WSCN) who
has training in wound care. This nurse does not have a Master’s
degree or specialty certification in this area but does have a lot
of experience. The Wound and Skin Care Nurse is scheduled to
work from Monday through Friday, 8a-5p. The WSCN nurse
visits every unit and asks about each of our patients. If we
identify someone as having a red spot or a potential area of
breakdown, we let her know during her rounds.
The WSCN visits patients daily if they are on a computer-
generated list of patients at risk for skin breakdown. The list is
created when a box is checked in the computerized charting skin
assessment area that asks if the patient is on bed rest or is
unable to move independently. If a ‘yes’ is checked then the
patient’s name is automatically placed on the list. In addition,
the computerized Braden Scale is added to the patient’s
documentation. The WSCN downloads the list every morning. If
someone is identified at risk during the day shift the WSCN
does not know about it until the next day.
The WSCN spends a lot of time on our unit. We sometimes have
a problem when a patient needs to be seen by the WSCN but do
not appear on the list. The nurses do not see the list, only the
WSCN nurse. Our current process is to perform the Braden
Scale upon initial admission assessment, then once a day if the
patient is noted to be at risk, usually during the midnight shifts.

The information is entered into the electronic chart
(documentation system). We can track the patients’ progress
and see what treatments are given to the patient. For the most
part, the WSCN does all the treatments unless we are given
specific instructions about an individual patient. We are not
aware of what evidence supports any of the treatments. Because
we have a WSCN, the direct care nurses are not familiar with
how to care for the patient with skin breakdown unless the
WSCN provides specific directions. We need to know what the
best practices are for caring for a patient with a HAPU,
including nurse driven care versus what the WSCN does for the
patient.

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