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.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services no longer reimburse for treatment of HAPUs and estimate that the cost of treating just one Stage III or IV pressure ulcer is $43,180. Immediate Savings. Decreasing the incidence of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers can lead to immediate cost savings.