2) The accurate staging based on theNPUAP- EPUAP (2009) guidelines.
3) Selection of twenty nurse champions based on more than 3
years of bedside nursing experience and successful completion
of a training workshop followed by competency validation on
PrU prevention and management. The training consisted of 4
modules: 1) assessment of all patients upon admission using
the Braden scale, 2) staging of PrUs and differentiating between
PrUs and other types of wounds, 3) data collection procedures
and 4) PrU prevention strategies (repositioning, nutritional
support, skin care, and pressure redistribution surfaces (The
National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI),
2014).