Evaluation of knowledge and skill and attitude of nurses in surgical departments in pressure ulcer management

Introduction: After cancer and heart diseases, pressure ulcers are the most expensive treatment problems, the prevalence of which is increasing in the world and in Iran, and it is considered one of the indicators of the quality of health care. As one of the main members of the health team, nurses play an important role in preventing pressure ulcers in health care centers. The present study was carried out with the aim of determining the knowledge, skills and attitudes of the nurses of surgical departments in the management of pressure ulcers.Methods: The present study is a cross-sectional descriptive study in which the number of ۱۱۴ nurses working in the surgical wards of the educational center of Shahada Ashair Khorramabad was selected by census method. In order to collect data, a pressure ulcer knowledge questionnaire and a three-part questionnaire were used including: demographic information, nurses' attitude in pressure ulcer prevention, and a checklist of surgical ward nurses' skills regarding the evaluation and management of pressure ulcers. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics and Spearman and Pearson correlation coefficient were used to analyze the data.Results: The average age of the research samples was ۳۳ years, and in terms of gender, the highest frequency belonged to female nurses with an expert degree. The average work experience of the nurses was ۱۰۵.۸۸ ± ۸۴.۶۹ months. The mean and standard deviation of scores related to the following areas: knowledge level ۹.۶۶±۲.۳۰, skill ۱۰.۴۶±۲.۵۷ and attitude ۵۵.۵۴±۵.۹۲ were obtained. Based on the findings of the research, there was no statistically significant difference between the mean of the total scores of attitude, knowledge and skills with demographic characteristics, but in the study of the relationship between the training history in the field of wound management and the scores of the areas of knowledge and attitude of nurses, a statistically significant relationship was observed.Conclusions: The results of the research showed that the nursing staff have a positive attitude and moderate knowledge and skills in the evaluation and management of pressure ulcers. Due to the fact that pressure ulcers are one of the events that threaten the safety of patients, it is suggested that proper educational planning be done to improve the knowledge and skills of health care workers, especially nurses, in the field of pressure ulcer prevention.

کلیدواژه ها:

Knowledge ، skill ، attitude ، nurse ، pressure ulcer