Nurses' knowledge and practice of pressure ulcer prevention and treatment: an observational study
Journal article
Authors | Saleh, Mohammad, Papanikolaou, Panos, Nassar, Omayyah, Shaheen, Abeer and Anthony, Denis |
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Abstract | To assess nurses’ knowledge on pressure ulcer (PU) prevention and treatment in Jordan, and the frequency of and factors influencing nurses’ implementation of PU prevention and treatment interventions. Highly educated and experienced nurses can provide effective PU care; however, previous studies highlighted poor knowledge and implementation of PU care. Design: A correlational study examining nurses’ knowledge of PU prevention and frequency of PU preventive actions in Jordanian hospitals. Participants were 377 nurses and 318 patients from 11 hospitals. Data were collected to quantify the frequency of nurses’ implementation of pressure ulcer prevention and treatment interventions for patients suffering from PUs and/or at risk of PU development using a self-reported cross-sectional survey and prospective 8-hour observation. For observed PU prevention while type of hospital and number of beds in units were significant it is not known without further work if this is replicable. For observed PU treatment, linear regression analysis revealed significant negative beta values for more than 50 beds in clinical unit (β=-2.49). The study addressed new factors, facilitating the provision of prevention and treatment strategies to PU development, including type of clinical institution and number of beds in clinical unit. |
Keywords | pressure ulcers; prevention and treatment; nurses' knowledge |
Year | 2019 |
Journal | Journal of Tissue Viability |
Publisher | Elsevier |
ISSN | 0965206X |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtv.2019.10.005 |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/624295 |
hdl:10545/624295 | |
Publication dates | 25 Oct 2019 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 28 Nov 2019, 10:52 |
Accepted | 21 Oct 2019 |
Contributors | The University of Jordan and University of Leeds |
File | File Access Level Open |
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https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/92x11/nurses-knowledge-and-practice-of-pressure-ulcer-prevention-and-treatment-an-observational-study
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