Pressure Ulcer Prevention Task Force Analysis

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The nursing departments in our hospital formed a joint pressure ulcer prevention task force and the task force created voluntarily. Two nurses come from each of medical and surgical units to create the task force. The task force thus comes together every Wednesday to make rounds on nursing units and check for a pressure ulcer on patients whose Braden score is less than 18. The task force is very successful in catching missed and potential pressure ulcers. The task force then reports its finding and recommendation for wound care nurse for further evaluation and treatments. So this voluntary and independent nursing units based pressure ulcer prevention task force plays the informal leadership role.
The task force not only establishes a connection

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