Nursing workload, staffing qualifications, and nursing care costs associated with hospital-acquired pressure ulcer days in the ICU: a retrospective cohort study
Beata Wieczorek-Wójcik, Anna Milewska, Rafał Kobielak, Remigiusz Kozłowski, Petre Iltchev, Dorota Kilańska · 2026
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Description
Pressure ulcers that form during intensive care hurt patients and add days of costly nursing. Beata Wieczorek-Wójcik and co-authors weighed staffing factors behind those ulcer days in this 2026 study. Too few nurses, or missed care steps, are suspected drivers. Turning patients on schedule is one of the first tasks to slip when wards are stretched.
Records covered 1,461 intensive care days from 2019 to 2022. The team tracked nursing hours per patient day, nurse training mix, and care complexity on a standard score. Statistical models linked those factors to days with a hospital-gained ulcer. Nursing costs were analyzed apart with methods that suit skewed money data. The results can help managers argue for staffing levels that prevent harm rather than pay for it.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Beata Wieczorek-Wójcik, Anna Milewska, Rafał Kobielak, Remigiusz Kozłowski, Petre Iltchev, Dorota Kilańska |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 66 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |