Attitude and preventive practices of pressure ulcers among orthopedic nurses in a tertiary hospital in Ghana.

Autor: Appiah EO; School of Nursing and Midwifery, Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana.; Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States of America., Appiah S; Head of Nursing Department, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Valley View University, Accra, Ghana., Oti-Boadi E; School of Nursing, Heritage Christian College, Valley View University, Accra, Ghana., Boadu BA; Nursing Department, Valley View University, Accra, Ghana., Kontoh S; Department of Mental Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana., Adams RI; Ghana Institute of Journalism, Accra, Ghana., Appiah C; Ghana Christian University College, Amrahia, Ghana., Sarpong C; Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2023 Sep 08; Vol. 18 (9), pp. e0290970. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 08 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0290970
Abstrakt: Background: Pressure ulcers (PUs), which affect millions of people worldwide, are among the five most prevalent hospitalized cases causing adverse impairment. Nevertheless, pressure ulcers are largely preventable, and their management depends on their severity. The authors, therefore, explored the attitude and preventive practices of pressure ulcers among orthopedic nurses in a tertiary hospital in Ghana.
Methods: An exploratory descriptive qualitative approach was employed for this study to help researchers explore the attitude and practices toward PU (Pressure Ulcer). Purposive sampling approach was employed, and data was analyzed using thematic content analysis. The sample size for this study was 30 which was obtained based on saturation. Participants were engaged in face-to-face interviews which were transcribed verbatim.
Findings: Two themes and eight subthemes were generated from the analysis of this study. The two themes were preventive practices and attitude towards PU. The study identified that there were no specific protocols illustrated on the wards for managing pressure ulcers. Nevertheless, the study participants were keen on preventing pressure ulcers and hence engaged in practices such as early patients' ambulation, early identification of PU signs, removing creases and crumps from patient beds, nutritional management for PU prevention, and dressing of PU wounds.
Conclusion: Practices of pressure ulcer management were highly valued by the orthopedics nurses. Hence, the nurses recommended the need for accepted guidelines on pressure ulcer management to be illustrated in the various orthopedic wards in the country.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
(Copyright: © 2023 Appiah et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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