Nariani Souza Galvão1, Maria Alice Barbosa Serique2, Vera Lúcia Conceição de Gouveia Santos1, Paula Cristina Nogueira3. 1. Postgraduate Program in Nursing in Adult Health, School of Nursing, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. 2. Undergraduate Program in Nursing, School of Nursing of Manaus, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, Amazônas, Brazil. 3. Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: describe and analyze the nursing team's knowledge about classification, evaluation and measures to prevent pressure ulcers (PU) in patients hospitalized in the ICU of a teaching hospital in the city of Manaus. METHOD: a descriptive and exploratory study was conducted after approval by a research ethics committee. Data were collected using a validated instrument. The study sample was made up of 40 nursing staff members, of whom 14 were nurses and 26 were nursing technicians/aides. Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics and Student's t-test, with value of p<0.05. RESULTS: the overall mean of hits was 63.4% for technicians/aides and 51.4% for nurses, with statistically significant differences between the groups only for the PU prevention category (p<0.001). CONCLUSION: a deficit of knowledge on PU prevention was found among nurses and nursing technicians/aides, demanding the training of these professionals.
OBJECTIVE: describe and analyze the nursing team's knowledge about classification, evaluation and measures to prevent pressure ulcers (PU) in patients hospitalized in the ICU of a teaching hospital in the city of Manaus. METHOD: a descriptive and exploratory study was conducted after approval by a research ethics committee. Data were collected using a validated instrument. The study sample was made up of 40 nursing staff members, of whom 14 were nurses and 26 were nursing technicians/aides. Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics and Student's t-test, with value of p<0.05. RESULTS: the overall mean of hits was 63.4% for technicians/aides and 51.4% for nurses, with statistically significant differences between the groups only for the PU prevention category (p<0.001). CONCLUSION: a deficit of knowledge on PU prevention was found among nurses and nursing technicians/aides, demanding the training of these professionals.
Authors: Victoria Team; Ayoub Bouguettaya; Catelyn Richards; Louise Turnour; Angela Jones; Helena Teede; Carolina D Weller Journal: Int Wound J Date: 2019-12-18 Impact factor: 3.315