A Comparison of Patient Risk for Pressure Ulcer Development with Nursing Use of Preventive Interventions

Objective: (1) Determine if the Braden scale or Norton scale predicted the same patients to be at risk for pressure ulcer development as were receiving preventive nursing interventions. (2) Identify the items on the Braden and Norton risk assessment scales that the nurses used intuitively to determine a patient's need for a preventive intervention.

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