COMPARE THESE FOUR NURSING HOMES BASED ON THE REPORTED CASES OF NEW PRESSURE ULCERS.
Compare these four nursing homes based on the reported cases of new pressure ulcers.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Nursing Homes in Your Community and Neighboring Communities Nursing homes have become a viable option for geriatric patients who require routine care and need help performing basic activities of daily living, with about 3.3 million patients residing in nursing homes in the United States (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2013). While nursing homes provide care and services to patients, problems can arise resulting in reduced quality of care and, in some cases, illness and morbidity. The severe implications of pressure ulcers make them a major concern for elders residing in nursing homes.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (2013) estimate that 7.5% of nursing home residents have pressure ulcers and about 82,000 patients develop them each year.
In your role as the advanced practice nurse, you must understand factors that contribute to the incidence of pressure ulcers in order to improve patient outcomes.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: For this Discussion, you examine the prevalence of pressure ulcers in nursing homes and develop strategies for increasing awareness and reducing incidence.
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