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.
Pressure ulcers slow patientsâ recovery and prolong their hospital stays. Worse, nearly 60,000 US hospital patients are estimated to die each year from complications due to hospital-acquired pressure ulcers. The total annual cost for treating pressure ulcers in the US is estimated at $11 billion.