An Evidence-Based Cue-Selection Guide and Logic Model to Improve Pressure Ulcer Prevention in Long-term Care.

SUMMARY The standardized protocol implementationmethodology described in this article will en-able facility leadership to look at how workis performed and the nursing staff to be morefully engaged in process improvement, col-lectively focusing on eliminating waste ofmoney, people, materials, time, and oppor-tunities. Ideally, the PrU prevention care de-liveredcanbehigherquality,easier,andsafer.Cueing innovations that include checklistsand auditory and EMR technologies can rein-force teamwork and by using team members’collective knowledge, experiences, and ef-forts, lead to an improvement in care deliveryprocesses. REFERENCES 1. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. ActionPlan for (Further Improvement of) Nursing HomeQuality .Baltimore,MD:CentersforMedicareM 2008.2. NiederhauserA,VanDeusenLukasC,ParkerV,AyelloEA, Zulkowski K, Berlowitz D. Comprehensive pro-grams for preventing pressure ulcers: a review of theliterature. Adv Skin Wound Care. 2012;25(4):167-188; quiz 189-190.3. White-Chu EF, Flock P, Struck B, Aronson L. Pres-sure ulcers in long-term care.