Knowledge of pressure ulcer prevention: a cross-sectional and comparative study among nurses |
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Authors: | Mirjam A Hulsenboom Gerrie JJW Bours Ruud JG Halfens |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Health Care Studies, Section of Nursing Science, Maastricht University, The Netherlands;(2) Center of expertise on Autonomy and Participation, Zuyd University, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | Background Pressure ulcers are a common, painful and costly condition. Results of a 1991 study into the knowledge among Dutch hospital nurses on the usefulness of measures to prevent pressure ulcers showed moderate knowledge. Results were confirmed by subsequent studies. In recent years, Dutch guidelines have been updated and the attention given to pressure ulcer care has been increased. This was expected to improve pressure ulcer care and to increase nurses' knowledge. The aims of the current study were to investigate (1) how much nurses employed in Dutch hospitals know about the usefulness of 28 preventive measures considered in the most recent national pressure ulcer guideline; (2) whether differences in knowledge exist between nurses working in hospitals that audit pressure ulcers and those employed in hospitals that do not; and (3) to study whether knowledge among Dutch hospital nurses regarding the usefulness of preventive measures had changed between 1991 and 2003. |
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