What is the Waterlow score chart?

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The Waterlow consists of seven items: build/weight, height, visual assessment of the skin, sex/age, continence, mobility, and appetite, and special risk factors, divided into tissue malnutrition, neurological deficit, major surgery/trauma, and medication.

What is the Waterlow score and what is it used for?

The Waterlow pressure ulcer risk assessment/prevention policy tool is, by far, the most frequently used system in the U.K. and it is also the most easily understood and used by nurses dealing directly with patient/clients. Intended for use by nurses, healthcare professionals and carers at the patient/client interface.

How often should a Waterlow be done?

3. All patients must have a Waterlow risk reassessment weekly or at each visit if seen 3 monthly/6 monthly/annually or if they have deterioration in their condition or on hospital discharge.

What does a Braden score of 16 mean?

The Braden Scale uses a scores from less than or equal to 9 to as high as 23. The lower the number, the higher the risk is for developing an acquired ulcer or injury. 19-23 = no risk. 15-18 = mild risk. 13-14 = moderate risk.

Is the Waterlow assessment tool reliable?

Research suggests that the Waterlow Scale is an unreliable method of assessing individuals at risk of pressure sore development with all studies indicating a poor interrater reliability status. Its validity has also been criticized because of its high-sensitivity but low-specificity levels.

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What Braden score is at risk?

NOTE: A score of 15 to 18 is mild risk, 13 to 14 is moderate risk, 10 to 12 is high risk, and 9 or less is very high risk.

Can you have friction without shear?

Friction usually, but not always, accompanies shear. Friction is the force of rubbing two surfaces against one another. Shear is a gravity force pushing down on the patient’s body with resistance between the patient and the chair or bed.

Who created the Waterlow assessment?

Judy Waterlow
Judy Waterlow was a clinical nurse tutor when she designed her pressure ulcer risk assessment tool in 1985 to help her students. Judy began her nurse training at St Thomas’s Hospital in 1953.

What are pressure ulcers?

Bedsores — also called pressure ulcers and decubitus ulcers — are injuries to skin and underlying tissue resulting from prolonged pressure on the skin. Bedsores most often develop on skin that covers bony areas of the body, such as the heels, ankles, hips and tailbone.

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What is the Waterlow health tool?

This health tool represents a pressure ulcer risk assessment and can be used as a prevention tool. It is based on the Waterlow assessment, which is the most used in the UK clinical system.

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