Abstract
Prevention of pressure ulcers is a primary goal in nursing practice, and achievement implies excellence in clinical care. One component of prevention is to understand the risk for pressure ulcer development. The benefit of knowing risk is to initiate pressure ulcer preventive interventions. Pressure ulcers are a significant problem in the pediatric burn patient population. Unfortunately, no skin risk assessment scale exist that capture the unique risk indices of the burn injury, thus the Pressure Ulcer Skin Risk Assessment Scale (PrUSRAS) was developed. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity, reliability and predictability of scores from the PrUSRAS. One hundred sixty-three burn patients from three pediatric burn Shriners Hospitals (Galveston, Cincinnati and Sacramento) were assessed with the PrUSRAS and followed to determine if pressure ulcers developed.
Sigma Membership
Alpha Delta
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Quasi-Experimental Study, Other
Research Approach
Quantitative Research
Keywords:
Pediatric Patients, Clinical Competency, Burn Nursing
Advisor
Alice S. Hill
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Degree Year
2009
Recommended Citation
Gordon, Mary D., "Psychometric evaluation of a new pressure ulcer skin risk assessment scale for the pediatric burn patient" (2020). Dissertations. 1168.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/1168
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2020-02-20
Full Text of Presentation
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Description
This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3385698; ProQuest document ID: 305103068. The author still retains copyright.