Bedsores Be Gone

“preventing pressure ulcers has been a nursing concern for many years. in fact, florence nightingale in 1859 wrote, “if he has a bedsore, it’s generally not the fault of the disease, but of the nursing.” bedsores be gone’s mission is to provide practical assistance and support for frontline essential workers in long term and home care facilities to help them provide the best care and mitigate the incidence of bedsores in patients. our goal is to provide practical tools and education that allows the healthcare worker to perform their duties efficiently and to protect them from injury. because pressure ulcer care is complex, efforts to improve pressure ulcer prevention require a system approach that will involve organizational change. bringing about organizational change of any type is difficult. it is even more difficult when it involves multiple, simultaneous modifications to workflow, communication, and decision making as are needed in a pressure ulcer prevention initiative.