Implementing a Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injury Prevention Bundle in Critical Care

Robin R Jackson1, Donna Thomas, Kimberly Winter

  • 1Robin R. Jackson is a clinical nurse specialist at Inova Alexandria Hospital in Alexandria, VA. Donna Thomas is a critical care nursing program manager at Inova Health System in Falls Church, VA, where Kathleen Russell-Babin is vice president of professional practice. Kimberly Winter is wound ostomy coordinator and Julia Gordon is an RN unit supervisor at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital in Fairfax, VA. Patricia M. Green , Sarah Lemaster , and Jenny R. Fox are staff nurses at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus in Falls Church, VA. Dejon M. Wright is an RN unit supervisor at Inova Loudoun Hospital in Leesburg, VA. Amanda P. Bettencourt is an assistant professor in the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing in Philadelphia and an implementation science consultant. Maureen Kirkpatrick McLaughlin is an implementation science consultant in Charles Town, WV. Contact author: Kathleen Russell-Babin, kathleen.russell-babin@inova.org . The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

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