Enhancing end-of-life skin care to prevent pressure ulcers in primary care: key considerations for nurses

Samuriwo, Raymond ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5954-0501 2019. Enhancing end-of-life skin care to prevent pressure ulcers in primary care: key considerations for nurses. Journal of Community Nursing 33 (3) , pp. 56-60.

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Abstract

Good primary care improves the health and wealth of nations as it is the context in which the majority of healthcare is delivered. Improving the quality of palliative care and reducing adverse patient related events are priority areas for improvement in primary care. One aspect of primary care that community nurses can improve is the quality of end of life skin care that. Given that the main objective of all end of life care is to facilitate a comfortable and dignified death for the patient in line with their wishes, it is important for nurses in primary care to be aware of what they can to ensure the consistent delivery of safe end of life skin care. This paper highlights key elements of the end of life skin care to prevent pressure ulcers which community nurses should take into account in their efforts to improve this aspect of primary care.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Healthcare Sciences
Publisher:	Ptm Publishers Limited
ISSN:	0140-0908
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	14 August 2019
Date of Acceptance:	30 June 2019
Last Modified:	22 Nov 2024 10:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/124078

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