Evaluation of a Pressure Injury Prevention Care Bundle in an ICU in Turkey

Gülnaz Altaş1, Selda Çelik

  • 1Gülnaz Altaş, MSc, RN, is Nurse, Haydarpaşa Numune Education and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. Selda Çelik, PhD, RN, is Associate Professor, University of Health Sciences Turkey, Hamidiye Faculty of Nursing, Istanbul. Acknowledgments: The authors thank the nurses of the Anesthesia and Reanimation ICU of Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital for their voluntary participation in the study. The authors have disclosed no financial relationships related to this article. Submitted September 19, 2022; accepted in revised form January 9, 2023.

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