Open AccessOASIS-C Importance of Accurate Pressure Ulcer Assessment and Management in Home Healthcare
Author(s) -
Mary Farren,
Yanick Martelly-Kebreau
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
home healthcare nurse
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1539-0713
pISSN - 0884-741X
DOI - 10.1097/nhh.0b013e3182345647
Subject(s) - documentation , reimbursement , terminology , wound care , health care , psychological intervention , medicine , nursing , certification , scope (computer science) , patient assessment , intensive care medicine , management , political science , linguistics , philosophy , computer science , law , economics , programming language
This is Part II of an article describing an educational initiative by certified wound, ostomy, and continence nurses to strengthen clinical and documentation skills related to the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)-C M items. Part I, published in Home Healthcare Nurse in April 2011 (vol. 29, issue 4, pp. 233-245), reviewed the fundamentals of wound assessment, wound healing, and OASIS-C wound terminology. The focus of this article is to show the connection between the clinical assessment, interventions, documentation, and the impact on quality outcomes and reimbursement. Because of the scope of this topic and the emphasis given to the problem of pressure ulcers by varying sectors of healthcare, including hospitals and nursing homes, this article focuses on pressure ulcers and OASIS-C.