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This website provides a easy to navigate training for properly assessing for pressure ulcers. Quailty improvement is a key factor in a heathcare facility. Hospital acquired pressure ulcers are one of the contirbuting factors to increase health cost. This module prepares individuals to prperly assess patients from head-to-toe. This modules go through the proper methods of staging a pressure ulcer and properly determining a pressure ulcer from other ulcers. There are four modules. Each module has a test at the end. The questions allow individuals to use their critical thinking skills and to apply the knowledge used. At the completion of the course, there is a form to print out confirming completeion. The module also provides information to properly compare the hospital acquired pressure ulcers to community aquired. This website was created by National Databse of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI).