Knowledge of nursing academics of a private higher education institution on prevention and treatment of pressure injuries
International Journal of Development Research
Knowledge of nursing academics of a private higher education institution on prevention and treatment of pressure injuries
Received 27th August, 2020; Received in revised form 20th September, 2020; Accepted 17th October, 2020; Published online 24th November, 2020
Copyright © 2020, Layme, Gérssica Marcela Guedes et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The nurse needs technical / scientific support that allows him to know the most diverse aspects of the pressure injury, Elaborated through a study made on the adequacy of the knowledge of nursing students and their clinical experience during graduation, in the area of prevention and treatment of patients with wounds. The research aims to evaluate the knowledge of nursing students from a private higher education institution, on the prevention and treatment of pressure injuries. Using as a study method, the descriptive and exploratory study, with a quantitative approach carried out in the city of Recife. , using a questionnaire with sociodemographic questions and a test consisting of 33 questions regarding the classification / staging of LP, wound characteristics and preventive measures. Data collection was carried out between October and November 2016 at the higher education institution and included a sample of 84 students from the morning and night shifts. Resulting in an analysis of the pressure injury and its classification / staging, only stage IV of the LP obtained a satisfactory percentage of 98% of correct answers by the students. We concluded that nursing students do not have a satisfactory knowledge about the prevention and treatment of pressure injuries.
