Pressure ulcer prevention knowledge, practices, and their associated factors among nurses in Gurage Zone Hospitals, South Ethiopia, 2021.
Shegaw Tesfa MengistHaimanot Abebe GeletieBitew Zewudie TeferaAgerie Ayinalem MewahegnTamene Fetene TerefeBaye Tsegaye AmlakBetelhem TadesseFisha Alebel GebreEyesusTadesse TsehayMamo Solomon EmireBogale Chekole TemereShegaw Geze TenawYibeltal Mesfin YesgatPublished in: SAGE open medicine (2022)
The overall level of pressure ulcer prevention knowledge and practice of nurses were good. Qualification of nurses' degree and above, use of pressure ulcer prevention guidelines, over workload, unproportionate nurse-to-patient ratio, and patient cooperativeness were statistically significant factors for pressure ulcer prevention knowledge and practices. Therefore, health managers should provide continuous professional development, and ensure proportionated nurse-to-patient ratio allocation policy.