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011 Jun;17(3):262-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2011.01933.x.

Nurses' knowledge of prevention and management of pressure

ulcer at a health insurance hospital in Alexandria.
El Enein NY1, Zaghloul AA.
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Abstract
Nurses' knowledge of pressure ulcer prediction, prevention and management plays a very important role
in the incidence and prevalence of pressure ulcers in health-care systems. The aim of the current study
was to assess the nurse's knowledge about prevention and management of pressure ulcer at one of the
largest health insurance hospitals in Alexandria. A descriptive cross-sectional study using an interview
questionnaire format to assess the nurses' knowledge (n = 122) regarding prevention of pressure ulcers.
The overall mean per cent score for nurses was below the minimum acceptable level. The mean per cent
score for nurses was below 70% for nine measures of the 15 correct measures, which accounted for 60%
of the measures of pressure ulcer prevention. Correct answers for non-useful measures for preventing
pressure ulcers accounted for 66% of the non-useful measures on the questionnaire. It had been
concluded that the nurses' knowledge regarding pressure ulcer prevention is below the acceptable levels.
2011 Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd.
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1440-172X.2011.01933.x/abstract
Keywords:

knowledge;

nurse;

pressure ulcer;

preventive measures
El Enein NYA, Zaghloul AA. International Journal of Nursing Practice 2011; 17: 262268
Nurses' knowledge of prevention and management of pressure ulcer at a Health Insurance Hospital in
Alexandria
Nurses' knowledge of pressure ulcer prediction, prevention and management plays a very important role in the
incidence and prevalence of pressure ulcers in health-care systems. The aim of the current study was to assess the

nurse's knowledge about prevention and management of pressure ulcer at one of the largest health insurance
hospitals in Alexandria. A descriptive cross-sectional study using an interview questionnaire format to assess the
nurses' knowledge (n = 122) regarding prevention of pressure ulcers. The overall mean per cent score for nurses was
below the minimum acceptable level. The mean per cent score for nurses was below 70% for nine measures of the
15 correct measures, which accounted for 60% of the measures of pressure ulcer prevention. Correct answers for
non-useful measures for preventing pressure ulcers accounted for 66% of the non-useful measures on the
questionnaire. It had been concluded that the nurses' knowledge regarding pressure ulcer prevention is below the
acceptable levels.