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- Title
Nurses' understanding about the pressure injury prevention and care.
- Authors
Caitano de Sousa, Rayne; Mathes Faustino, Andréa
- Abstract
Objective: This study's purpose has been to identify the nurses' understanding of Pressure Injury (PI) prevention and care in medical and surgical clinics from a university hospital in Brasília city, Federal District, Brazil. Methods: It is a descriptive and cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach. Data were collected with an instrument containing information about the nurses' understanding of and training in PI. Results: The research sample was composed of 38 nurses, from which 78.9% scored between 70 and 89% of the instrument's items, and only two nurses (5.2%) scored 90% or higher. The lowest accuracy items are related to the use of devices such as water gloves (23.6%), cushions (23.6%), and items about positioning and repositioning, and bony prominence massage. Conclusion: It is concluded that the nursing team lacks understanding of PI, which may directly compromise the care towards the patient at risk of PI.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; NURSING audit; ACADEMIC medical centers; PRESSURE ulcers; GLOVES; MASSAGE therapy; PROTECTIVE clothing; RESEARCH methodology; NURSES' attitudes; NURSING specialties; PATIENT positioning; QUANTITATIVE research; EDUCATIONAL outcomes; CROSS-sectional method; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental, 2019, Vol 11, Issue 4, p992
- ISSN
1809-6107
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.9789/2175-5361.2019.v11i4.992-997