Computer-Based Simulation Predictive Modeling: Validation of the Munro Scale Risk Assessment for Pressure Injuries
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7
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2
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Risk assessment is an initial intervention for identifying patients at risk for pressure injury. Computer-based simulation modeling was an innovative method for testing scoring ranges and excluding risk variables in the Munro scale perioperative pressure injury risk assessment instrument.
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Authors
Cassendra A. Munro, PhD, RN, RNFA, CNOR
Kathleen Russell-Babin, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, ACNS-BC
Henri Folse, PhD
Arman Altincatal, MS
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