Authors: Zainab Mahmoud Awali, Elham Al Nagshabandi, Dr. Aida Elgmail.
Background: Pressure ulcer represents a significant burden to the patient, family and healthcare organization. It has a great impact on quality of life physically, psychologically and socially leading to pain, increase a length of hospitalization and rehabilitation.
Aim: To determine the effect of implementing pressure ulcer prevention educational protocol on nurses’ knowledge, attitude and practice.
Methods: A quantitative quasi-experimental study. A convenience sample of 100 nurses was voluntarily participating in the study.
Setting: The study carried out at AL Noor Specialist Hospital.
Tools: Nurses knowledge was measure by knowledge test; attitude was measured by nurses’ attitude questionnaire and nurse’s practice was measure by observation checklist. Data were collected immediately before the educational session, immediately after the session, two weeks and one month after intervention.
Result: The result revealed a positive association between pressure ulcer educational protocol prevention and nurses’ knowledge, attitude and practice to ward pressure ulcer prevention. The pretest result indicated that nurses' knowledge was a moderate level (74.05% SD ± 13.499), nurses attitude was positive (42% SD ± 4.767) and nurses practice was (67% SD ± 2.983). However, the mean percentage of all posttest showed a significant increase in nurses’ knowledge, attitude and practice.
Conclusion: The pressure ulcer prevention educational protocol is an effective tool to improve and update nurses’ knowledge, attitude and practice toward PU prevention. The result of current study indicates the important of ongoing nurses’ education regarding PU prevention.
Recommendation: Developing a continuous educational program to improve nurses’ knowledge, attitude and practice toward pressure ulcer prevention.
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