PREVENTIVEMEASURESOFPRESSUREULCERAMONGNURSESINMADONNAUNIVERSITYTEACHINGHOSPITALELELERIVER'SSTATE

Student: Sandra Chidera Nwokeji
Supervisor: Mrs Felicia Onuoha
HOD: Mrs Cynthia Ogbuji
Department of Nursing Science
Health Sciences
Madonna University, Elele, Rivers State

Abstract

ABSTRACT Pressureulcersaresignificanthealthcareproblemworldwide,whichaffectsseveralthousandpeopleeachyear(Hsu,Chang,ChenandChen,2020).ThisstudyexploredThePreventiveMeasuresofpressureulceramongNursesinMadonnaUniversityTeachingHospitalEleleRiver'sState.Adescriptivesurveyandaqualitativeresearchdesignwasusedinthisstudy.Thestudyaimtoassesstheknowledgeofpressureulcerpreventivemeasuresamongnurses,Toexaminethepracticeofpressureulcerpreventivemeasuresamongnurses,ToidentifytheperceivedbarriertowardspressureulcerpreventionamongnursesinMadonnaUniversityTeachingHospital,EleleRiversState.Theresearchquestionswereinlinewiththeresearchobjectives.Thetargetpopulationwas200nursesasimplerandomsamplingtechniquewasusedtoselect133nursesforthestudyasthesamplesize.Questionnairewastheinstrumentfordatacollection.majorfindingsofthestudyincludetheknowledgeofPressureulcerpreventivemeasuresishigherthanitspractice,About89%ofthenurseshaveexcellentknowledgeofpressurepreventivemeasureswhileonly43%havegoodpracticeofpressureulcer,Majority85%ofthenursesidentifiedheavyworkloadandlackoftimeasthemajorbarrierstowardspressureulcerpreventivemeasuresInconclusion,thereisneedforhospitalmanagementandgovernmenttoemployadequatenursesinthehospital,toreducetheworkloadofNurses. Keywords:Nurses,PressureUlcer,preventiveMeasures

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