Instruments that assess nursing knowledge on pressure injuries: integrative literature review
International Journal of Development Research
Instruments that assess nursing knowledge on pressure injuries: integrative literature review
Received 03rd January, 2022; Received in revised form 14th February, 2022; Accepted 06th March, 2022; Published online 27th April, 2022
Copyright©2022, Lívia Bertasso Araújo Portugal and Barbara Pompeu Christovam. 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.
Objective: to map the instruments that assess the knowledge of the nursing team in the management of pressure injuries. Method: Integrative review conducted in the indexed databases LILACS/BVS, Pubmed, Scopus, CINAHL, Embase and Web of Science from 2009 to June 2020, following the recommendations of the PRISMA tool. Results: 22 studies were selected. The objects of the studies were similar, since they portrayed the knowledge of the nursing team about pressure injuries and the deficit of this knowledge. Conclusion: The results of this review show that nursing professionals demonstrated unsatisfactory knowledge, a worrying reality when considering that pressure injuries are directly linked to patient safety and quality of care.
