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No specific permission is required to reuse all or part of the Open Nursing Journal article, including figures and tables. Any part of an article published under a Creative Commons CC BY license may be copied without permission as long as the original material is clearly referenced. <a style='color: black;' target='blank' href='/open-access-policy.php'> https://opennursingjournal.com/open-access-policy.php.</a> <span/> </tooltip> <div class="card-header"><h2 class="card__title"><a href="/VOLUME/15/PAGE/74/FULLTEXT/" class="text-reset animation-underline d-inline">The Effectiveness of Care Bundles Including the Braden Scale for Preventing Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers in Older Adults Hospitalized in ICUs: A Systematic Review </a></h2></div><div class="card-body text-sm letter-spacing-default mt-2"><em style='color: black; font-family:PT Serif, serif;'><p class = 'mb-0'> Volume: 15 (2021): 74 </p><span>[Electronic Publication Date: April 20, 2021]</span></em></em></br><p><em>Natalie A. Floyd, Karen A. Dominguez-Cancino, Linda G. Butler, Oriana Rivera-Lozada, Juan M. Leyva-Moral and Patrick A. 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No specific permission is required to reuse all or part of the Open Nursing Journal article, including figures and tables. 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