Rafiei Hossein, Mehralian Hossein, Abdar Mohammad E, Madadkar Tayebeh
Nurse Educator, Qazvin School of Nursing and Midwifery, Qazvin University of Medical Science, Qazvin.
Br J Nurs. 2015;24(6):S12, S14-7. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2015.24.Sup6.S12.
Taking care of patients with pressure ulcers requires a high level of knowledge. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of nursing students' knowledge of pressure ulcer prevention, classification and management.
The study was conducted in two nursing colleges (Razi Nursing and Midwifery College and Shahrekord Nursing and Midwifery College) in Iran. All final-year bachelors nursing students in both colleges were invited to participate in the study. Data were collected using Pieper's Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test (PPUKT).
Participants answered correctly 67% of all 41 items in three sections (prevention, classification and evaluation). The students' rate of correct answers in the pressure ulcer evaluation category was significantly higher than the correct answers in the other two categories.
The study revealed that nursing students had insufficient knowledge of pressure ulcers. It was concluded that courses aimed at raising students' knowledge of pressure ulcers are needed in nurse education.
护理压疮患者需要高水平的知识。本研究的目的是确定护理专业学生在压疮预防、分类和管理方面的知识水平。
该研究在伊朗的两所护理学院（拉齐护理与助产学院和设拉子护理与助产学院）进行。邀请了两所学院所有本科最后一年的护理专业学生参与研究。使用皮珀压疮知识测试（PPUKT）收集数据。
参与者在三个部分（预防、分类和评估）的41个项目中正确回答了67%。学生在压疮评估类别的正确回答率显著高于其他两类的正确回答率。
该研究表明护理专业学生对压疮的知识不足。得出的结论是，护理教育中需要开设旨在提高学生压疮知识的课程。
