Practices Followed by Nurses for Prevention of Pressure Ulcer among Patients Admitted in Tertiary Rural Care Hospital Amoldeep1,*, Baby2, Khurana Divya2, Pooja2, Reshu2, Saloni2, Sarin Jyoti3 1Asst. Prof, M.M. College of Nursing, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana 2Students, M.M. College of Nursing, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana 3Principal, M.M. College of Nursing, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana *Corresponding Author: Amoldeep, Asst. Prof at M.M. College of Nursing, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana, e-mail: Amolsharma206@gmail.com
Online published on 12 July, 2019. Abstract Background Pressure ulcer is not a plague of modern man. It is a serious medical problem that can affect a bedridden patient in any health care setting. Pressure ulcer can cause extreme discomfort to the patients and often lead to damage to tissue, underlying muscles, bones or joints. Pressure ulcer occurs across the spectrum of health care settings. Lack of practical skill is also another problem which raises the incidence of pressure ulcer. Aims The overall aims of the present study were to assess the expressed practices among nurses regarding prevention of pressure ulcer among patients and develop guidelines for care of pressure points. Methodology Quantitative approach was adopted for descriptive study and conducted in MMIMS&R, Hospital, Mullana, Ambala during a period from September, 2017 to April, 2018. 157 nurses were selected by total enumerative sampling technique. The data was collected by assessing expressed practices of nurses by expressed practice questionnaire. Results The major findings revealed that gender and area of work were found to be significant at a 0.05 level of significance. In addition to this Majority of nurses were performed expressed fair practices (93.35%) followed by 5.73% good practices and 1.91% poor practices regarding prevention of pressure ulcer. Nurses do not assess patient for presence of pressure ulcer neither use any risk assessment tool. So, the researcher had decided to develop “Guidelines for the Prevention of Pressure Ulcer” which include assessment, prevention and management of pressure ulcer and also distributed to nurses in selected wards. Top Keywords Expressed Practices, Nurses, Prevention, Pressure Ulcer, Patients. Top |