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P Boynton

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PubMed1995

Using a research-based assessment scale in clinical practice.

The Braden Scale has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, and perhaps other languages. It has been implemented in many health care settings in the United States and abroad. Perhaps the most significant data come from individual settings, such as the two highlighted earlier, which show that through use of a research-based risk assessment tool and a program of prevention based on the findings of the assessment, pressure ulcer incidence can be reduced. Both sites saw a 50% to 60% decrease in incidence of pressure sores. If the cost projections of Miller and Delozier cited earlier are correct and this decrease could be replicated in hospitals across the country, the cost savings for the nation would exceed $400 million.

Clinical Nursing Research↗
PubMed1989

Health maintenance alteration: a nursing diagnosis of the elderly.

The continually growing numbers of elderly persons in our society and the corresponding increase in health care needs for those over age 65 are providing significant challenges to the health care delivery system. Diminishing health care resources and a desire to avoid institutionalization of the elderly client are creating nursing roles for helping the elderly maintain healthful living within the community. Accurate assessment provides the nurse with access to client perceptions of health status as well as a picture of the health management practices of the older adult. A nursing diagnosis of health maintenance alteration is the basis for an individualized plan of care of nursing intervention which is directed toward reducing risk factors and assisting the elderly client to achieve optimum levels of function and independence within the limits of defined health maintenance alterations.

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