HCMC Patient Care Committee Description and Purpose Statement
HCMC Unit Skin Team Charter
Name: Unit Specific Skin Team
Date: August 2006
Author: Mary M. Murphy, RN, MA
|I. |Charge: |The purpose of this group is to: |
| | |A. |Provide standardization to nursing practice related to skin safety issues on the |
| | | |specific units. |
| | |B. |Assess specific risk factors for unit population and create prevention strategies to |
| | | |mitigate these risks. |
| | |C. |Provide guidelines for interdisciplinary care of patients with skin care needs. |
| | |D. |Assess staff education needs on specific units. Create unit communication plans for |
| | | |staff. |
| | |E. |Assess unit equipment/ product needs. Create resource guide to assist staff in readily|
| | | |accessing supplies. |
| | |F. |Make recommendations to improve the quality of care related to skin safety to the |
| | | |organization wide Skin Team. |
| | |G. |Collect, submit and react to unit prevalence and incidence data for skin safety. Use |
| | | |PI for resource for data tracking and trending. |
| | |H. |Ensure plan is in place for patient education related to skin safety. |
|II |Authority: |Reports to HCMC Skin Safety Team |
|III. |Deliverables: |Reduce the incidence of skin pressure ulcers. Goal is to have zero stage 3 or 4 pressure |
| | |ulcers. |
| | |Reassess staff knowledge related to skin care. Ensure staff attendance to HCMC Skin Safety |
| | |class. Create other on-going unit specific tips for skin safety. |
| | |Standardize skin care appropriate per patient population. |
| | |Create algorithms for prevention strategies appropriate for population. |
| | |Assign lead to monitor equipment/product needs and communicate with storeroom as needed. |
| | |Create communication tool for keeping skin issues highlighted for unit staff. |
|IV. |Membership: |A unit specific interdisciplinary committee made up of physicians, nurses, management, |
| | |educators, OT, nutrition, RT, materials management, and administration as appropriate. |
|V. |Regular Guests: |Mary Murphy, RN, MA Skin Safety Team co-chair |
|VI. |Chair: |Unit appointed Skin Safety Team representative |
|VII. |Executive Sponsor: |HCMC Skin Safety Team |
|VIII. |Meetings: |Monthly, to be determined by team. |
|IX. |Examples of Possible Projects: |A. |Skin Care Education related to diagnosis: for example: skin care issues with |
| | | |psychiatric patients. |
| | |B. |Weekly Skin Care Rounds to better assess P&I of pressure ulcers per unit. Data |
| | | |collection, tracking, trending and communicating. |
|X. |Issues which may affect committee |Member attendance barriers. (ie: high census) |
| |performance | |
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