Knowledge, Attitude And Practice On Pressure Ulcer Among Nurses In Hospital

Abstract

Background: Pressure ulcer (PU) has been recognized as one of the major causes of morbidity, mortality and a burden to healthcare. PU is an indicator of the quality of nursing care and nurses can prevent PUs well if they have sufficient knowledge. As a result, there was an increase in the length of hospitalization, over utilization of resources and affects patient’s satisfaction. There was also a lack of adequate evidence on knowledge, attitude and practice for effective prevention of pressure ulcers. The study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of pressure ulcers among nurses. Methods: A cross-sectional was used among 389 nurses working in all inpatients department. Results: Found that the knowledge on pressure sore was good (64%) but the attitude (75.1%) and Practice (93.1%) to prevent pressure ulcer was low[1]. Scientific analysis also showed that knowledge had a significant correlation with working experience (p=0.034), which reveals that the longer the duration in the service, the more the knowledge was gained. Subsequently, the more the knowledge was gained, the practice on prevention on pressure ulcer increases (p=0.036). Conclusion: The study revealed that retention of the experienced nurses is extremely important because continuing medical education updates the knowledge, which eventually improves the patient’s care whereas behavior change remains challenging because of individual attitude and perception.