NURSES INTERVENTION STRATEGIES FOR HOSPITALISED PATIENTS WITH PRESSURE INJURIES IN HEALTHCARE FACILITIES IN ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA
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https://doi.org/10.47672/ajhmn.1002Keywords:
Nurses, Pressure, Injury, Patients, CareAbstract
Purpose: The study evaluated nurses' intervention strategies for hospitalized patients with pressure injuries in healthcare facilities in Anambra State, Nigeria.
Methodology: Cross sectional design was used for the study. A convenient sampling technique was used to select 168 nurses from a population of 290 nurses. A self-structured questionnaire with Cronbach Alpha coefficient of 0.70 was used for data collection. Data obtained were summarized using descriptive statistics of frequency counts, percentages and mean scores.
Results: Findings from the study revealed that 70.2% of the nurses responses which gave an insignificant p-value (p>0.05) showed that nurses' attitude towards pressure injury prevention in was poor. For nurses' practice of pressure injury prevention, the p-value (p>0.05) was statistically insignificant as 65.5% of nurses never give advice to patients or caregivers regarding pressure injury preventive care before discharging the patient showing that pressure injury prevention was poor. Also 66.7% of nurses never carried out assessment procedures of pressure injury during treatment of patients with pressure injury and 80% of the nurses do proper documentation of pressure injury/wound characteristics. There was a significant relationship between nurses working experience and practices regarding pressure injury prevention; there was a relationship between nurses' extent of treatment on patients with pressure injury and nurses' rank but there was no significant relationship between nurses' level of documentation of pressure injury and their level of education.
Recommendation: In-service training and refresher courses on pressure injury for nurses, implementation of hospital policies and guidelines to promote positive nurses' attitude towards pressure injury prevention were recommended.
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