Assessment of knowledge levels of nurses' risk monitoring and prevention initiatives in pressure ulcers

Objective: This study was conducted with the purpose of evaluation of knowledge levels of nursing staff on risk factor sand prevention initiativesrelated to the pressure ulcers. Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive study. The research sample consists of 250 nurses working in a foundation hospital during 01.09.2016-01.12.2016 period of time. The research data were collected with the "Nurse Information Form" and "Evaluation Form of Pressure Ulcers Prevention Initiative Oriented Knowledge Levels of Nursing Staff ". The data were analysed with the SPSS 21.0 package program. Results: The average age of the nurses is 26,11 ± 5,325, 81,2% is female and 70% has a bachelor's degree. The average score of the Evaluation Form of Pressure Ulcers Prevention Initiative Oriented Knowledge Levels of Nurses is 52.95 ± 5,777. Among the pressure ulcer prevention oriented care practices the highestnumber of correct answerswere given to "Patients with incontinence should be promptly and regularly cleaned as soon as their skin gets wet" and "Mobilisation and transfer of fully dependent patients must be performed by two or more people" (n = 247)articles. The highestnumber of incorrect answerswere given to "Conscious and possessing learning ability patients should be instructed to change the distribution of body weightevery 15 minutes when sitting in a chair" article (n=232). Conclusion: Pressure ulcer evaluation and it spreventionoriented in-service training programs should be organized to increasethe knowledgelevel of nurses working in all unitse specially emergency room.