Every At Risk Patient for Bed Sores, Pressure Sores and Decubitus Ulcers Must Be Afforded The Best Preventive Care Possible

Written by Adam Peck Category: Bed Sores January 26th, 2013 1 min read

Does the Braden Scale Have Predictive Value?

The Braden Scale is an excellent nursing assessment tool for evaluating a patient’s general condition. It should alert us that a patient requires our utmost vigilance.

However, implementing preventive measures should be similar to implementing universal precautions – every at-risk patient, no matter what the Braden Scale score, should be afforded the best preventive care possible.

There should be zero expectation that any patient will develop a pressure ulcer. The Braden Scale has no predictive validity unless the assumption is that the care is going to be inadequate.

Pressure ulcer and bed sore prevention, to use the old cliche, is a 24-hour-a-day job. On a daily basis, we are entrusted with the care of thousands of at-risk patients. Are we honestly up to the challenge?

– from Steven Peck, Senior Attorney at Peck Law Group

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Adam J. Peck, ESQ is a principal with Peck Law Group, APC. In 2008, Mr. Adam Peck received his Juris Doctorate from Whittier Law School where he graduated Cum Laude. His practice is primarily dedicated to representing Elders, Dependent Adults, along with their loved ones and family members, who have suffered horrific personal injuries.