This problem is not caused by insects or disease but is a way the plant reduces water loss from its leaves during cold, dry, windy weather. Plants should recover when the weather warms again. Table 1.
Purpose: To reduce the number of health careâacquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs) in patients in the cardiac surgery intensive care unit (CVICU) and to develop nursing processes to prevent HAPUs, thus reducing morbidity, mortality, and cost.
This is due in part to a sharper focus on the problem by organizations such as the National Quality Forum and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, both of which have recently called for greater efforts to eliminate hospital-acquired pressure ulcers.