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Health care organizations with higher-than-expected rates may incur penalties.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Local Problem<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The pressure injury prevalence rate in a cardiothoracic intensive care unit was above the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators benchmark. The current standard of care\u2014use of the Braden scale for pressure injury risk assessment and the SKIN (surface, keep turning, incontinence care, and nutrition) care bundle\u2014may not adequately address the needs of the intensive care unit population. In addition, cardiac patients present a special challenge because of their disease process and the mechanical support devices used to treat patients in cardiogenic shock, which place them at risk for the development of hospital-acquired pressure injuries.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>A performance improvement project was carried out in the cardiothoracic intensive care unit to reduce the prevalence and incidence of hospital-acquired pressure injuries. A preintervention convenience cohort was compared with a postintervention cohort. The intervention consisted of use of the Cubbin-Jackson scale, an intensive care unit\u2013specific risk-assessment tool, with linked interventions to prevent pressure injuries.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The preintervention and postintervention cohorts consisted of 102 patients each. The pressure injury prevalence and incidence rates decreased by 67.84% and 36.43%, respectively, from before to after the intervention.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The use of an intensive care unit\u2013specific risk-assessment tool with linked interventions to prevent pressure injury can help reduce hospital-acquired pressure injuries in an intensive care unit.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4037\/ccn2025980","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,1]],"date-time":"2025-02-01T00:02:31Z","timestamp":1738368151000},"page":"12-20","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Reducing Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries in a Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit"],"prefix":"10.4037","volume":"45","author":[{"given":"Sunday","family":"Caldwell","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Sunday Caldwell is a nurse practitioner and the Director of Cardiac Intensive Care at Good Samaritan University Hospital, West Islip, New York."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2471","reference":[{"key":"2025020100022710000_b1-0450012","unstructured":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services\n          . 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