This year in particular, as the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) celebrates its 25th anniversary, there are many reasons to be proud about the journey to awareness and best practice related to pressure ulcers. No longer do we find ourselves “ringing the bell” to alert clinicians, administrators, policy makers, and family caregivers to this pervasive problem among immobile and debi...

Pressure ulcers have been identified as a major burden of hospitalization worldwide, and nurses are at the forefront of prevention. The purpose of this study was to determine the nurses' knowledge and practices regarding risk factors, prevention, and management of pressure ulcers at a teaching hospital in Uganda. The study employed a descriptive cross-sectional design. Fifty-six Ugandan registe...

The Braden Q Scale for Predicting Pediatric Pressure Ulcer Risk (Braden Q Scale) is a widely used, valid, and reliable pediatric-specific pressure ulcer risk assessment tool. Since its original publication, requests for clarification on how best to use the tool across the wide spectrum of pediatric patients commonly cared for in health care systems have been received. Common clarifications focu...