Research Article
Nurses’ Knowledge, Practices, and Barriers in Care of Patients with Pressure Ulcers in a Ugandan Teaching Hospital
Table 2
Nurses knowledge about pressure ulcers.
| Nurses knowledge about pressure ulcers | % |
| Facts about pressure ulcers | | Areas of skin compromised as a result of unrelieved pressure | 83.9 | Occur in immobile patients | 92.9 | Develop in stages | 42.9 | Commonly occur around bony prominences | 91.1 | Management requires interdisciplinary collaboration | 39.3 | Can lead to permanent disabilities like bone destruction | 50 | Sepsis is one of the complications | 89.3 | Contributes to overall hospital costs incurred by patient | 69.6 | Risk factors for developing pressure ulcers | | Immobility | 96.4 | Pressure/compression | 92.9 | Friction/shear | 64.3 | Hypoxemia | 28.6 | Malnutrition | 66.1 | Anemia | 10.7 | Ischemia | 42.9 | Neurologic disease | 50 | Strategies used in prevention | | Regular turning of patients | 98.2 | Keeping patients skins dry and moist | 91.1 | Encouraging patients to have a balanced diet | 42.9 | Ensuring patient is well hydrated | 42.9 | Removing any tightly fitting clothes from the patient | 55.4 | Providing cushions on areas at risk of pressure ulcers | 89.3 | Catheterization in case of incontinence | 83.9 |
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% indicates proportion of nurses who got the knowledge measuring item right.
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