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.
Between 1993 and 2006, the number of hospitalized patients with pressure ulcers (PUs) increased by > 75%, a rate over 5 times the increase of hospital admissions overall. The rate increased most in patients who developed PUs during hospitalization.