Add to ORKGCritically ill patients are at high risk for pressure ulcers. Prevalence differs based on settings but is 25% on the average. Cost of its treatment is two and a half times the cost of preventing them. Its development is an index of poor Nursing care. Nursing remains at the forefront of protecting and safeguarding the patient from pressure ulcers. Successful prevention of pressure ulcers requires that caregivers have adequate knowledge of this complication and preventive practice measures. This study describe the prevalence of pressure ulcers among inpatients of ICU and CCU departments, assess intensive care nurses’ knowledge and practice about pressure ulcers management and the impact of an educational program on knowledge and practice. An ...
- Pressure ulcer (PU) is a preventable medical complication of immobility. It has psychological, eco...
Introduction: Globally higher-than-anticipated decubitus ulcer rates normally viewed as a quality of...
A pressure ulcer is an injury that affects the underlying tissue and skin and is primarily caused by...
Critically ill patients are at high risk for pressure ulcers. Prevalence differs based on settings b...
To assess nurses’ knowledge on pressure ulcer (PU) prevention and treatment in Jordan, and the frequ...
AbstractBACKGROUND: Pressure ulcers (PUs) are health problems that resulted in human suffering, pain...
Background: Pressure ulcers remain a serious problem in intensive care units in Jordan. There is ver...
To assess nurses’ knowledge on pressure ulcer (PU) prevention and treatment in Jordan, and the frequ...
Background: Pressure ulcers are areas of localized injury to the skin, underlying tissue or both, us...
Background: The pressure ulcers constitute a major clinical problem with enormous socio-economic con...
Background: In intensive care units where there is high risk of development of pressure ulcer, it is...
Background: In intensive care units where there is high risk of development of pressure ulcer, it is...
Background Pressure ulcers, also known as “decubitus ulcers”, “pressure injuries” or more commonly “...
AbstractBACKGROUND: Pressure ulcers (PUs) are health problems that resulted in human suffering, pain...
Background: Pressure ulcers have a high impact on patients and their families. Profound and up-to-da...
- Pressure ulcer (PU) is a preventable medical complication of immobility. It has psychological, eco...
Introduction: Globally higher-than-anticipated decubitus ulcer rates normally viewed as a quality of...
A pressure ulcer is an injury that affects the underlying tissue and skin and is primarily caused by...
Critically ill patients are at high risk for pressure ulcers. Prevalence differs based on settings b...
To assess nurses’ knowledge on pressure ulcer (PU) prevention and treatment in Jordan, and the frequ...
AbstractBACKGROUND: Pressure ulcers (PUs) are health problems that resulted in human suffering, pain...
Background: Pressure ulcers remain a serious problem in intensive care units in Jordan. There is ver...
To assess nurses’ knowledge on pressure ulcer (PU) prevention and treatment in Jordan, and the frequ...
Background: Pressure ulcers are areas of localized injury to the skin, underlying tissue or both, us...
Background: The pressure ulcers constitute a major clinical problem with enormous socio-economic con...
Background: In intensive care units where there is high risk of development of pressure ulcer, it is...
Background: In intensive care units where there is high risk of development of pressure ulcer, it is...
Background Pressure ulcers, also known as “decubitus ulcers”, “pressure injuries” or more commonly “...
AbstractBACKGROUND: Pressure ulcers (PUs) are health problems that resulted in human suffering, pain...
Background: Pressure ulcers have a high impact on patients and their families. Profound and up-to-da...
- Pressure ulcer (PU) is a preventable medical complication of immobility. It has psychological, eco...
Introduction: Globally higher-than-anticipated decubitus ulcer rates normally viewed as a quality of...
A pressure ulcer is an injury that affects the underlying tissue and skin and is primarily caused by...