Integration of the aSSKINg framework into the electronic patient record: a quality improvement project

Martin, Susan, Holloway, Samantha ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3307-8248 and Watts, Emily 2024. Integration of the aSSKINg framework into the electronic patient record: a quality improvement project. British Journal of Community Nursing 29 (Sup12) , pp. S16-S21. 10.12968/bjcn.2024.0121

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Abstract

Assessment of pressure ulcer (PU) risk is important in clinical practice and the need to document it in the patient's record is paramount. Despite national and international guidelines highlighting the need to document PU risk, nursing documentation remains variable. The first article in this series discussed the evidence base underpinning the development of clinical guidelines for PUs, alongside the creation of bundle approach for PU prevention. The second article presented the results of a clinical audit exploring compliance against a PU prevention bundle (aSSKINg framework) in an adult community nursing setting in the South East of England. This final article in the series presents the results of a quality improvement project that involved a clinical audit following the implementation of the aSSKINg framework into the electronic patient record (EPR). The aim was to improve nursing documentation for patients with PU risk. The clinical audit was conducted in two parts, with a pilot phase running between 6 February 2023 and 15 April 2023. After the template implementation into the EPR, a follow-up audit was undertaken between 1 November 2023 and 31 January 2024. Overall compliance against the aSSKINg framework improved, especially the completion of the PURPOSE-T on the first visit, full skin assessment and repositioning advice. Following the pilot phase, the aSSKINg template was rolled out in a phased approach to the adult community nursing, enhanced care home matrons and urgent community response teams.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Medicine
Publisher:	Mark Allen Healthcare
ISSN:	1462-4753
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2026
Date of Acceptance:	31 October 2024
Last Modified:	29 Apr 2026 21:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/185901

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